Release date: 2025-12-17

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 16 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 16 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Issue fixed, where the content of an invisible layer became visible in certain cases
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Issue fixed, where execution was no longer reported in some cases, even if applied
  • Remove layer: Problem solved, where “Ignore upper/lower case” was not properly regarded when RegEx was used [CA1035513; E1035625]
  • Remove layer: Problem solved, where processing was not successful with certain PDFs [CA1035518]

Release date: 2025-12-02

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 16 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 16 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Library manager: New “Remove empty groups…” [FP79587; FP79734]
  • Switchboard: Pre-separate pages: New option to suppress empty separations [CA1028252; FP72412]
  • Process plan Editor: Various improvements e.g. to avoid creation of incomplete plans
  • Test mode: Width of preview and result areas are now remembered [CA1034951]
  • Test mode: The value of “Preflight only pages” from the profile window will be used automatically
• New Properties
  • Uses ICCbased Gray
  • Uses ICCbased Lab
  • Metadata namespace for PDF/UA identification schema uses ‘pdfuaid’ prefix
• New Fixups
  • Separate vector objects with fill and stroke into two objects [CA1032273]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Remove layers and content that are initially invisible: Support for the generic Processing Steps filter [CA1034496]
  • Remove layers and content that are initially invisible: New “Apply to” filter [CA1034496]
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Support for the generic Processing Steps filter [CA1034496]
  • New engine for various Layer-related Fixups – as a consequence, it is no longer possible to make multiple changes to the same layer in one file
  • Map spot and process colors: New option “RegEx also matches process colors” to include process colors
  • Map spot and process colors: Extend scope to include “None” as source color name when changing name (and alternate)
  • Remap characters from Private Use Area (PUA): Regular expressions (RegEx) are now supported [CA1030967]
  • Replace barcodes: New method “Existing color (always CMYK or spot)” uses the color of existing barcodes for the new barcode (if single-colored) [CA1034604]
• Actions
  • Create separations: New action to create separation renditions (similar to what so far was only possible in the Visualizer) [CA1034785]
  • Imposition: New option for imposition Runlists to place crop marks even for empty slots
  • Overlay: New option “Place below”
  • Pre-separate pages: New option to suppress empty separations
  • ToPDF: Support for 32bit TIFF images
• Reports
  • Quick Check: Added reporting for number of existing Form XObjects and number of calls for Form XObjects (both per page and in document for identification of VDP files) [CA1034491]
• CLI
  • Action MergeImpose: Support for –preprocessingprofile
  • Actions Impose and MergeImpose: Support for process plans when using the –preprocessingprofile option
  • ListVariables now also lists Variables defined in JS-based Runlists
  • Process plans: Actions that fail will now be reported as “ActionFailure” on StdOut
  • Actions: Improved reporting if a parameter for file or folder has an incomplete path or is empty
  • Create separations: New action (–createseparations) to create separation renditions
• Reports
  • Barcode: Values of the QuietZone [left, right, top, bottom] are now be reported in XML, JSON and JSONv2
  • QuickCheck: Colorants in a DeviceN color space will now also be reported [CA1034816]
  • XML/JSONv2 report: The overprint status of text will now be reported [CA1033853]

• Desktop
  • Compare documents: Improved display when using zoom or navigation
  • Switchboard: Split PDF: Issue fixed, where batch processing did not work properly [E1035019]
  • Switchboard: Workspace: Problem solved, where batch processing using a Process Plan saved the result files in the wrong output folder [FP82309]
  • Ask at runtime dialogue: Issue fixed, where Variable values used in the “Advanced settings” of the “Place barcode” Fixup were not properly listed [E1035376]
  • Acrobat Plug-in: Issue in compare mode fixed for documents with varying page sizes
  • Fixup editor: Fixed issue, where resources were searched in the current Library even when Fixup was opened from a different Library
• Fixups
  • Adjust or remove form fields: Issue fixed, where objects selected via an “Apply to” filter were not handled properly [FP82217]
  • Bring to front: Problem solved, where combined fill-and-stroke objects were not properly separated when one part was moved [CA1032273; CA1032594; CA1034504]
  • Convert colors:
    • Problem solved, where certain SMasks in JPX-decoded images were not properly converted [FP81126]
    • Issue fixed, where a spot color was converted to CMYK, but was still listed in the resource dictionary [FP82453]
    • Problem solved, where processing of uncolored tiling pattern objects resulted in a FixFailure [CA1034628]
  • Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where processing was not successful if a certain number of pixels was exceeded [FP81036]
  • Convert registration color to black: Problem solved, where Black in DeviceN was converted, even though registration color “All” is not permitted as a colorant in DeviceN [CA1035221]
  • Create and apply shapes:
    • Problem solved, where created shape contained artifacts when created based on joined vector paths [CA1034840; FP81149]
    • Problem solved, where created shape were slightly incorrect for large page sizes [CA1034851; CA1034890; CA1035121]
    • Issue fixed, where processing took an unnecessarily long time when using joined vector paths with no size adjustment [CA1034490]
  • Create bleed for irregular shape: Problem solved, where artifacts in the derived contour were created [CA1034780]
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Improved detection of marks on single image pages
  • Disjoin graphics objects: Problem solved, where processing of filled text was unsuccessful [E1035166]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where certain large images could not be recompressed from ZIP/Flate to JPEG [CA1035040]
  • Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where font embedding was not properly done for a certain case [CA1035049]
  • Extract all colors from DeviceN one by one: Issue fixed, where Overprint was changed to true in some cases [CA1029879]
  • Extract selected color from DeviceN: Problem solved, where certain NChannel entries in DeviceN color spaces were not handled properly [CA1034898; CA1034903]
  • Extract spot colors from DeviceN one by one: Problem solved, where certain fill-and-stroke objects were not properly handled [CA1034693]
  • Generate bleed at page edges:
    • Issue fixed, where created bleed had a slight color shift when objects were excluded from rendering and the page contained certain transparent objects [CA1034790]
    • Issue fixed, where page size was not properly adjusted when the resulting dimension exceeded 14.400pt [E1035196]
    • Problem solved, where rendering was incorrect for the bottom edge when using “stretch border area as image” in certain cases [CA1034593]
  • Number of hits in this check: Problem solved, where processing was not properly executed when the property was used via “Include other Check” [FP80145]
  • Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where mapping Black to All was possible for DeviceCMYK objects. That resulted in an invalid DeviceN object since it uses the colorant “All”) [CA1023250]
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where a spot color reference remained in a PDF when used for an SMask [FP82453]
  • Place file on page|Place file on path: Issue fixed, where SVG files could not be used as input [CA1035315]
  • Remove all xmpMM:Manifest metadata entries: Issue fixed, where processing was not successful in a certain case [CA1034630]
  • Remove from layer: Problem solved, where certain fill-and-stroke objects were not handled correctly [CA1034795]
  • Remove from layer: Issue fixed, where certain Layer assignments were not removed correctly [FP82069]
  • Remove separations: Issue fixed, where certain fill-and-stroke objects were not handled properly [E1034743]
  • Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Issue fixed, where unused default color spaces on page level were not removed [CA1035112]
  • Set color: Problem solved, where the correction was not applied to all subpaths of a vector if they used the same colorant [FP77488]
  • Trim clipped vector paths:
    • Problem solved, where multiple executions resulted in an improper visual appearance [CA1034739]
    • Problem solved, where stroked vector paths were not closed if trimmed at a box edge [CA1034782]
    • Issue fixed, where non-painting strokes were not handled properly [CA1034979]Actions
• Checks
  • Bleed missing for irregular shape: Issue fixed, where a defined Variable for resolution was not regarded [CA1034763]
  • Link enclosed in Link tag: Issue fixed, where certain link tags were not identified properly [FP79651]
  • Barcode properties:
    • Issue fixed, where the reported colorant values did not took the Output Intent into account when a filter for rendering was used [CA1034720]
    • Improved evaluation of dimension and bar width reduction values [CA1034720]
    • Issue fixed, where the quiet zone was not determined correctly for a specific case [CA1035853]
    • Problem solved, where determined barcode area was slightly off for certain barcodes as images [CA1034949]
    • Fixed issue, where using “Filter for rendering” resulted in significantly slower processing [CA1034915]
    • Issue fixed, where the trigger value for Width|Height of barcode/matrix code did not contain proper values [CA1034715]
  • Number of hits in this check: Problem solved, where results were not as expected when used in combination with “Include other Check” or a Sifter-based Check [FP82352]
  • “TH” cell has neither “Scope” nor “Headers/ID”: Fixed issue, where analysis did not took the tagging by ID structure properly into account [CA1031558]
• Actions
  • Java-Script-based Imposition: Problem solved, where the processing time increased unproportionally to the number of pages when using “Place rectangle” [CA1034624]
  • Imposition: Issue fixed, where Runlists created on Windows included superfluous line breaks when imported on macOS
  • Pre-separate pages: Issue fixed, where certain fill-and-stroke objects were not separated properly [CA1032182]
  • Quick Fix: Search and replace for VDP: Issues fixed, where placeholders were not properly replaced or the overprint setting was changed in certain cases
  • Quick Fix: Adjust spot colors: Problem solved, where mapping to Lab alternates did not work properly [CA1034970]
  • Quick Fix: Adjust spot colors: Problem solved, where changing just the alternate values resulted in an empty spot color name [CA1035229]
  • Quick Fix: Rename spot colors: Issue fixed, where the color space was not properly defined when mapped to “None” [CA1035088]
  • SaveAsImage: Issue fixed, where rendering into PNG with RGBA did not use the Output Intent profile as the simulation profile [CA1029702]
  • SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where creating Tiff files using CMYK+ Alpha (CMYK with transparency) was not properly working [FP82120]
  • Spotify Remap: Support for License Server and Distributed Processing added [CA1034749]
  • ToPDF:
    • Issue fixed, where TIFF images with an extremely small size were not converted correctly to PDF
    • Problem solved, where TIFF images with certain channel configurations were not converted properly [CA1034608]
    • PostScript conversion now uses an unique font cache for conversion to avoid memory consumption issues [CA1035211]
  • Visualizer: Problem solved, where processing was not successful when used as a Process plan action in certain dockerized Linux environments [CA1035086]
• Server
  • Issue fixed, where JobTicket mode failed when a License Server was used [E1035059]
• CLI
  • Problem solved, where –deactivate did not worked as expected (Linux only) [CA1035045]
• Reports
  • HTML template based report: Issue fixed, where the name of the nested Process plan was used as the main Process plan name in a report (CLI only) [E1035126]
  • InkCoverage: Issue fixed, where the percentage value for the entire document was calculated based on pages with the respective color and not the total area of all pages [FP41407]
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where any type of blend mode entry was reported as transparency [CA1035062]
  • JSONv2|XML: Problem solved, where an incorrect page was reported for a Check used “Number of hits in this Check” [CA1034699]
• Distributed Processing
  • Problem solved, where rebooting a Satellite (running as a service on Windows) resulted in slower file handling by the Dispatcher [FP82428]
  • Issue fixed, where processing was not successful when a Satellite was not executed in the pdfToolbox installation directory
• General
  • All binaries including third party libraries are now signed by callas [CA1035366]
  • Rendering: Problem fixed, where page level Output Intents were not taken into account
  • Rendering: Problem fixed, where shadings were not properly rendered into separations in certain cases [CA1035094]
  • Names of plates: Problem solved, where no separator was inserted between process and spot colors in the trigger value [FP82300]
  • Issue fixed, where analyzing an encrypted file resulted in an exception [FP81809]
• Audit trail signatures updated for Preflight certification

Release date: 2025-07-31

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 16 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 16 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Actions
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where PNG files could not be converted anymore (Windows CLI only) [FP81819]
• General
  • Process plans: Fixed issue, where page selectors were no longer regarded properly
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where new pages were not correctly taken into account when they were added in a process plan that was itself used in another process plan [CA1034656]
  • JavaScript Variables: Problem solved, where effective box sizes did not took offsets into account anymore [FP81790]
• Distributed Processing
  • Problem solved, where distributing processes was not successful anymore
• Updated signatures of audit trail for preflight certification

Release date: 2025-07-17

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 16 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 16 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Testmode: A new “Cancel” button next to the progress bar, makes it easier to cancel the run when it takes too long, while keeping the Check results collected so far
  • ProcessPlan editor: Improved “snap to grid” functionality for steps and annotations
  • ProcessPlan editor: Annotations now support different text alignment options
• Fixups
  • Remove invisible image data: New option “Duplicate multiple used images if necessary” [FP78688]
• Actions
  • MergePDF: Pagelabels of input files will now be maintained [FP25579; CA1032557]
• Server
  • Content from Sidecar files is now available in the app.context.sidecar object in JavaScript Variables
• CLI
  • Support for cancelling a preflight run while keeping the results collected so far (e.g. for reports): –timeout_withresults
• Reports
  • Quick Check: MD5 hash values of ICC profiles used in Output Intents are now also listed [FP80134]
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.6.098)

• Desktop
  • Object Inspector: Problem solved, where the position of an object was not properly transferred to the derived Check
  • Search Libraries dialog: Fixed an issue, where entries in the Libraries popup were not sorted alphabetically [CA1034247]
• New Fixups
  • Remove broken link annotations and bookmarks [CA1034271, CA1034296]
• New Properties
  • Link annotation uses broken destination [CA1034271]
  • Bookmark uses broken destination [CA1034271]
• Enhanced Profiles
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    • Convert to PDF/X-1…: “Recompress JPEG2000 images as JPEG” has been added as an additional default Fixup
• Fixups
  • Add missing layer / Put objects on layer: Issue fixed, where created layer structure contained an empty group entry
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where certain smooth shade structures could result in an unstable behavior [CA1034560]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where certain Bitmap images using some special additional CCITT compression parameter were not converted properly [FP63608; FP80044; FP81119]
  • Convert SMask to image mask: Problem solved, where an incorrect decode array could result in corrupted content if transparency was flattened afterwards [CA1034191]
  • Convert TrueType to CFF: Problem solved, where glyphs were not properly handled due to some rare encoding entries [FP80875]
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Issue fixed, where text was created with an offset if the boxes were not properly nested
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Problem solved, where certain dashed vector objects resulted in an incorrect box detection [FP80938]
  • Downsample/compress bitmap images: Problem solved, where certain CCITT-decoded inline images were not converted properly [FP81152]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where processing was not successful if “derive offset from page” was used in certain cases [CA1034294]
  • Map colors using script variables: Problem solved, where using tabulators resulted in an error [FP60798]
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where separation “All” was not handled if the “Convert to destination” method was selected [CA1025600; FP79797]
  • Place file on path: Issue fixed, where a file path could not be submitted as a variable [CA1034433]
  • Place rectangle: Problem solved, where the position differed if the rounded corner value was set [FP63057]
  • Remove from layer: Problem solved, where certain layer structures where not properly maintained and objects could become invisible [CA1034567, CA1034538]
  • Remove objects: Problem solved, where certain, non-painting vector fragments resulted in an error [FP79858]
  • Remove objects: Problem solved, where duplicated cut contours were detected but not removed [FP71479]
  • Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved, where page content was partly shifted in some cases [CA1033874]
  • Remove XMP metadata: Problem solved, where not all defined metadata was removed when multiple Fixup settings were defined [CA1034261; FP80252]
  • Remove XMP metadata: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in an error when “Set Title entry to filename” was executed in the same Profile [FP80106]
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where certain CID encoding for space characters could result in glyphs vanishing [FP80785]
  • General font processing: Problem solved, where certain, corrupt cmap structures were not properly detected or repaired [CA1034409]
• Checks
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where defined “unit” value was not properly regarded [CA1034363]
  • Bleed missing for page: Accuracy of derived values for bleed improved [CA1034278]
  • Find barcodes:
    • Issue fixed, where the number of barcodes found varied from run to run in certain cases (Windows only) [CA1034117]
    • Improved recognition of QR code quiet zones when the surrounding background is just slightly different to the background of the barcode area
    • Improved barcode detection and more accurate dimension calculation [CA1034420]
  • Font is not valid: Improved recognition of certain font issues where glyphs were not listed correctly in the necessary tables [FP79973]
  • Rotation: Issue fixed, where the determined value was incorrect and not calculated counter-clockwise in certain cases [FP80598]
  • Object is completely obliterated: Issue fixed, where clipping was taken into account due to the way certain transparent objects and their painting areas were stacked [FP74804]
• Actions
  • Extract Images: Issue fixed, where images used in FormXObjects were not being exported [FP55175]
  • Extract XMP metadata: Issue fixed, where images in Form XObjects with no dimensions were not handled properly [CA1030432]
  • JavaScript-based Impose: Issue fixed, where BleedBoxes could not be defined for sheets
  • JavaScript-based Impose: Problem solved, where shingling was not properly calculated in certain cases [FP80963]
  • Modify Structures: Problem solved, where bookmarks using the “Open” state were not inserted correctly [CA1032458]
  • Pre-separated pages: Problem solved, where two overlapping images with overprint were not regarded properly [FP80325]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where certain 16-bit TIFF images could not be converted to PDF properly [FP81033]
  • To PDF: Problem solved where temporary, internal files being created during conversion to PDF were not being deleted even though the final PDF was saved
  • Visualizer: Issue fixed, where the TIFF image format did not use the defined compression settings [CA1034185]
• CLI
  • List Variables: Issue fixed, where internal variables were listed as available input variables [CA1034331]
  • Profile processing: Issue fixed, where the types of input variables were reported als incorrect, even if they were later overwritten by a Profile script [CA1034331]
  • Problem solved, where placing content failed due to a missing “libatomic1” package in certain, Linux distributions [FP78872]
  • Merge PDF: Issue fixed, where attempting to merge a corrupt file resulted in an incomplete merge instead of triggering an error [CA1034337]
• Reports
  • Quick Check: Problem solved, where certain vector/text objects were not taken into account when calculating used plates [CA1034270]
  • Quick Check: Issue fixed, where the analysis of used colors resulted in an error due to the use of LZW compression for the content stream in certain cases [CA1034287]
• General
  • Profile processing: Discontinued creation of dedicated log files in the TEMP folder of the application if processing errors occur [CA1034227, FP80359]
  • Improved recognition and repair of certain invalid SMask definitions [FP79898]
  • Problem solved, where internal content stream optimization did not set the color space for used SoftMasks not correctly in some cases, which could result in display issues [CA1033297; CA1034118; FP79770]
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where temporary files that were marked for deletion after processing were still listed as created files in the output [CA1034179]
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where requesting an XML report including ink coverage for a step resulted in an error upon execution [FP80366]
  • Problem solved, where the application became unstable when OpenCV system libraries were installed on the same system (macOS only) [FP80669]

Release date: 2025-04-24

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 16 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 16 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.6.096)

• Desktop
  • Profile summary: Problem solved, where creating a summary was not successful if Profile contained JavaScript-based Checks or Fixups [FP80489]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Issue solved, where “Open list of all base Checks” was no longer functional [CA1034235]
• Fixups
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where certain supplement encodings were not handled correctly, resulting in incomplete rendering with certain viewers [FP80291]
• Checks
  • Bleed missing for page: Issue fixed, where the “facing pages” option was not properly regarded
  • Bleed missing for page: Problem solved, where using a page filter resulted in an error in certain cases [FP80455]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where the property “Create a hit (or not) for page areas” could not be used anymore [CA1034251]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Issue fixed, where wrong value for Processing Steps setting was inserted when using a predefined Check as template [CA1034235]

Release date: 2025-03-19

• An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 16, pdfToolbox CLI 16 or pdfToolbox SDK 16 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• Desktop
  • Space usage dialogue
  • Page geometry box editor (Print production mode)
  • Switchboard:
    • Extract images
    • Replace images (based on JSON file created with “Extract images”)
    • Add missing layer
  • Edit Checks: New “Mouse selector” to define a custom area
  • Edit Fixups: New “Mouse selector” to define a custom area
  • Library Manager: Support for exporting multiple libraries simultaneously
  • Layer explorer: Usability improvements, e.g. “Add missing layer”
  • Imposition editor: New dialogue with visual feedback and logging information for JavaScript imposition scripting
  • Imposition editor: Predefined sample Runlist imposition objects added
  • Variables editor: Insert JavaScript allows for importing JavaScript versions of Checks or Fixups
  • Variables editor: Predefined sample Runlist imposition objects added
  • Profile summary: Overview can be exported as CSV
• Process plans
  • Editor: Process plans can have annotations
  • “Process plan” step: Option to process only certain pages
  • “Process plan” step: Process pages individually in a loop
  • Create PDF file copy: Option “Copy into variable” to save the path of the created PDF for later use
  • Action “Image export”: Support for Lab color space for TIFF images
  • Action “Split and reorder”: Option “Digits for page number”
  • Action “Image export”: Option “Digits for page number”
  • “Add files” step: Option to replace current PDF with another file referenced by a path
  • Improved highlighting for steps connected by “File pick up” and “Compare” steps [CA1029012]
  • Action “Imposition”: Results are available in “app.doc.result” for subsequent use via JavaScript
• New Fixups
  • Place file on path
  • Derive stroked from filled vector path
  • Replace barcode
  • Adjust Form XObject BBoxes to CropBox
  • Remove data: Removes data such as annotations, metadata or private data
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Create spot color plate based on ink amount: New option to exclude certain spot colors from ink amount and support for Processing Steps
  • Create spot color plate based on ink amount using script variables: New option to exclude certain spot colors from ink amount and support for Processing Steps
  • Convert colors: Optimized processing of multipage PDFs and multiple referenced objects
  • Convert page content into image: Support for Lab color space
  • Flatten transparency: Filter to exclude objects from flattening
  • Generate bleed at page edges:
    • Automatically select the best bleed generation method specific to the content at the respective page edge
    • New predefined filter to repeat only “Visible page content except text”
    • Extended possibility to use filter “Except spot colors” independently from “Repeat only” selection
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes: New predefined filter to repeat only “Visible page content except text”
  • Place barcode: New option to define the background color of a placed barcode
  • Place barcode: New section for advanced settings to define additional barcode generation parameters (JSON) [CA1033861]
  • Place Barcode|Text|Content: Improved reporting when processing results in an error, e.g. due to invalid barcode values or JavaScript issues
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixups: Automatic fallback to default values if parameters are missing
• New Properties
  • Bleed missing for irregular shape [CA1025888]
  • Bleed missing for page
  • Size of document XMP [FP59824]
  • Size of object XMP (on page level) [FP59824]
  • Processing Steps spot color used for print content
  • Custom Processing Steps key is second class name
  • Processing Steps spot color used for more than one Processing Step
  • Processing Step uses more than one spot color
  • TrimBox is landscape [FP78657]
  • TrimBox is portrait [FP78657]
• Enhanced Properties
  • Find barcodes: Support for DataBar (RSS 14) codes
  • Find barcodes: “Color distance between barcode / matrix code and background” check works better for non-uniform colors [CA1033977]
  • Operators for text input fields: “is contained in list (ignore upper/lower case)” and “is not contained in list (ignore upper/lower case)”
  • Options to either use an existing Output Intent or a defined ICC profile for rendering [FP75854]
    • Effective ink coverage
    • Effective ink coverage in custom area
    • Effective ink coverage for registration color
    • Effective ink coverage for separated
    • Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold
  • Option to define plates used for rendering
    • Effective ink coverage
    • Effective ink coverage in custom area
    • Effective ink coverage for registration color
    • Effective ink coverage for separated
    • Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold
  • Text on page: RegEx capture groups are now reported in trigger values in XML, JSON and JSONv2 reports as well as in JS Variable “app.doc.result” objects
  • Various properties: Added Variable support for units [FP49194; FP77652]
• New or enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Identify color pages: Returns a hit for every page that contains color and stores the result in variables
    • Generate 5mm bleed (autoselect bleed generation method)
    • All “GWG 2022 R1”-based Profiles: Improved ink coverage checks and of identifying empty pages
    • All “GWG 2015” & “GWG 2022” Profiles removed as they have been deprecated by GWG
• New or enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Generate 5mm bleed (autoselect bleed generation method)
    • Derive spot color for haptic print
    • Redraw cut line
• New or enhanced predefined Checks
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Bleed missing for page
    • Bleed missing for irregular shape
• New Library: Processing Steps
  • Profiles and Process plans:
    • Prepare PDF using technical colors with Processing Steps layers
    • Add Processing Steps layers
    • Verify compliance with Processing Steps (ISO 19593-1) for packaging and label (formerly part of the “PDF Standards” Library)
    • List Processing Steps metadata information (formerly part of the “PDF Standards” Library)
  • Fixups
    • Flatten transparency, keep Processing Steps layers
  • Checks
    • Is Processing Steps layer
• New or enhanced Actions
  • Create file
  • Imposition: The “place content” functionality is now available in JavaScript-based impose scripts.
  • ToPDF: Support for HEIF and HEIC images
  • SaveAsImage: Support for Lab color space for TIFF images
• New or enhanced Quick Fix
  • Apply 2D transformation matrix to page content: Allows scaling, rotation, translation and skewing of content
• CLI
  • Extract and import images: New action –modifyimages to replace images in PDFs based on files referenced by JSON (e.g. created via –extract mode)
  • All “GWG 2015” & “GWG 2022” Profiles removed as they have been deprecated by GWG
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.5PlusP1g)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v3.2.0Plus1m)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.6.095)

• Desktop
  • Workspace: Problem solved, where Process plan setting “Do not save modified input file” was not respected [FP79180, FP79968]
• Process plans
  • Reports: Issue fixed, where a Variable defined for the PDF overview report template was not respected [FP79184]
  • Do not save modified input file: Problem solved, where files were not handled properly if loops existed in the Process plan [FP78802]
• Fixups
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where processing time increased due to non-optimal handling of shared resources [FP77936]
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink: Issue fixed, where processing using non-supported 3-channel CMY destination ICC profile resulted in an error [FP62718]
  • Convert page content into image: Improved handling of existing Output Intents for rendering if object filters are used
  • Convert page content into image: Improved handling of existing Output Intent when objects were excluded from bleed creation to ensure correct color values
  • Create bleed by upscaling: Problem solved, where scaling was not properly executed for portrait pages [FP79257]
  • Create spot color plate based on ink amount: Problem solved, where result was not as expected if a filter for object exclusion was used [FP79099]
  • Crop pages: Problem solved, where certain, unnecessary content stream operators were not handled properly and resulted in shifted content [CA1029279]
  • Derive page geometry box from crop marks: Problem solved, where certain black marks were not properly detected [CA1034036]
  • Generate bleed at page edges:
    • Problem solved, where no bleed was created for corners in “mirror page objects” mode for a certain PDF [FP77930]
    • Optimized analysis for “Derive offset” for improved bleed generation if only a single edge is requested
    • Problem solved, where objects which should be excluded by filter for Processing steps were taken into account for the bleed nonetheless [FP79624]
    • Improved handling of existing Output Intent when objects were excluded from bleed creation to ensure correct color values [FP79923]
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes:
    • Problem solved, where yellow areas were created in certain cases [FP79590]
    • Improved handling of existing Output Intents for rendering if object filters are used
    • Improved handling of existing Output Intent when objects were excluded from bleed creation to ensure correct color values
  • Make document XMP Metadata compliant: Problem solved, where processing resulted in a failure [FP75276]
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where not all occurrences were mapped if spot color was referenced by certain nested Form XObjects [CA1032306]
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where a spot color library could no longer be used anymore (Windows only) [FP79117]
  • Optimize the PDF for fast web view: Issue fixed, where execution was not reported [CA1033960]
  • Place content on page: JavaScript errors are now reported if a failure occurs due to this error
  • Place file on page: New options to specify width and height for placed file [FP79673]
  • Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where image visually disappeared due to a specific SoftMask usage [FP78665]
  • Remove objects: Problem solved, where Form XObjects used for bleed remained outside page area [CA1030462]
  • Set layer initial print state: Problem fixed, where initial state could not be set to “Never prints” in certain case [FP75601]
  • Place … based Fixups: Issue fixed, where only one Fixup was reported, when several Fixups were executed
  • General font processing: Problem solved, where a double SPACE was inserted, although not necessary [FP78863]
  • General font processing: Problem solved, where unnecessary entries in the encoding of a CFF font caused problems on certain output devices [FP80291]
• Checks
  • Is landscape: Changed behavior, now uses the CropBox to determine orientation (was BleedBox before) [FP78657]
  • Is portrait: Changed behavior, now uses the CropBox to determine orientation (was BleedBox before) [FP78657]
  • Image is not valid: Problem solved, where analysis could not be executed properly [CA1034104; FP79120; FP79636]
  • Find barcodes: Problem solved, where size of found “RSS Extended Stacked” barcodes was not determined correctly [CA1031990; CA1034117]
  • Find barcodes: Issue fixed, where a barcode was reported for a layer, although not assigned to this layer [FP78802]
  • Smallest distance from TrimBox: Problem solved, where certain font structures resulted in unusually long processing time [CA1033842]
  • Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where certain clipped smooth shades were incorrectly interpreted [FP78311]
  • General font analysis: Problem solved, where a certain unusually high value in Font CMaps resulted in unnecessary long processing and memory consumption [CA1033903]
• Process plans
  • Action “Split and reorder”: Issue fixed, where output filename was indexed instead of being derived from the page number
• Actions
  • ToPDF:
    • Images: Issue fixed, where certain Tiff files could not be converted to PDF [CA1021439]
    • PostScript:
      • Problem solved, where clippings were not handled correctly in some cases [CA1030777]
      • Problem solved, where content was not handled properly when certain PostScript constructions were used [CA1030777]
      • Issue fixed, where not all page geometry boxes were retained after conversion [FP79432]
  • Extract images: Problem solved, where certain images were inverted when exported [CA1023745; PF34511; FP54115; FP59838]
  • Extract content: Problem fixed where certain combined UTF-16 code (to represent a UTF-32 character) was not handled correctly (Linux only) [FP80021]
  • SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where rendering could not be performed correctly for certain file dimensions at certain resolutions [FP80135]
  • SaveAsImage: Issue fixed, where exported multichannel TIFF files were inverted when created with high resolution [FP80148]
  • Spotify: Problem solved, where certain settings causing the application to hang with some PDFs [FP80049]
• Reports
  • XML: Problem solved, where report creation failed in a certain case [CA1033809]
  • XML: Schema (XSD) adapted, as certain entries were not clearly defined [FP77546; FP79655]
• CLI
  • Predefined Profiles: Issue fixed, where an incorrect destination ICC profile was used in “Convert to CMYK only (Coated GRACoL 2006)” from “Convert colors” [CA1033864]
• General
  • Problem solved, were certain corrupt metadata could result in an unstable behavior [FP79956]
  • JavaScript Variables: Problem solved, where accessing invalid data could result in unstable behavior in certain cases [FP79116]

• Mac: macOS version 10.15 or newer, 64-bit-compliant

Release date: 2024-12-19

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 15 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 15 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Process Plans
  • Data loss problem fixed that could occur when Process Plans with File Pickup in combination with “Do not save modified input file” were used

Release date: 2024-11-21

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 15 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 15 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• New Properties
  • Glyph without contour used for non white space character
• Enhanced Properties
  • All barcode-related Checks: Revised and optimized analysis for improved recognition and higher speed
  • Report PDF syntax issues: Reporting for invalid end-of-data (EOD) marker in inline images [FP78427]
• Desktop
  • Password visibility can be toggled [FP78118]
  • Process plans: Multiple steps can now be marked as a group and activated or deactivated together and assigned a variable
• Actions
  • Visualizer: Support for RGBA (RGB with transparency) and GrayA (Gray with transparency) as output colorspace for PNG [CA1033733]
  • Save as image: Support for CMYK + Alpha (CMYK with transparency) for TIFF [FP68656]
• Reports
  • JSON v2: Duration of individual process plan steps and total duration added [FP7799
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.5PlusP1c)

• Desktop
  • Test mode: Problem solved, where the result preview was not properly generated after performing the “Add Processing Steps layer metadata” Fixup [FP78806]
  • Acrobat Plug-in: Problem solved, where other 3rd-party Plug-ins could not be closed anymore when a PDF was processed by pdfToolbox [FP75289]
  • Batch processing: Processing result in crashing application if “Do not save modified input file” was enabled
  • Explore PDF: Problem solved, where analysis was not successful if certain data after EOF marker existed [FP78522]
  • Explore PDF: Problem solved, where certain PDF with content stream issues was not analyzed properly [FP78687]
  • Imposition editor: Problem solved, where certain corrupt imposition configuration files were not handled properly [FP77990]
  • Layer explorer: Issue fixed, where the visibility of cascading layer groups could not be switched on or off properly
  • Object inspector: Issue fixed, where inline images with content after EOD marker were not listed [FP78427]
  • Variables: Problem solved, where “Open list of all base Checks” resulted in an error warning [FP78802]
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where changes made via “Edit scripts” in Visual Studio Code were not saved after closing the Process plan [FP77714]
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where unsupported characters could be used in an input field [FP78068]
• PDF Standards
  • Convert to PDF/A-…: Problem solved, where in rare cases a date mismatch between Document Info and XMP Metadata was not adjusted [CA1033784]
• Fixups
  • Adjust dot gain using script variables: Issue fixed, where using the default settings resulted in an error [FP78625]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where the processing time increased significantly when page-based filters were used [FP78881]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where certain objects were processed, even though they were not in scope of requested objects [FP77934; FP78104]
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink:
    • Issue fixed, where colorant values out of the allowed range were not handled properly [FP57049]
    • Problem solved, where certain images using indexed CMYK were not converted correctly [FP69473]
    • Issue fixed, where available DeviceLink profiles were not ordered properly [FP55270]
  • Convert TrueType fonts to CFF (for font not matching PDF/A-2 requirements): Issue fixed, where the result PDF had certain font issues [FP78595]
  • Create and apply shapes: Problem solved, where the stroked path was clipped if it exceeded the CropBox [FP78652]
  • Create bleed by scaling: Problem solved, where result for “no distortion” option wasn’t as expected [CA1022209]
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Issue fixed, where invisible text was not positioned properly if MediaBox is larger than CropBox [FP66013]
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Issue fixed, where an empty text block was generated although the PDF had no text [FP75033]
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks:
    • Issue fixed, where TrimBox was set incorrectly on second page in a certain case [CA1033458]
    • Problem solved, where BleedBox was not derived or set incorrectly for certain PDFs [CA1033728, FP77967]
    • Issue fixed, where TrimBox was set incorrect when multiple marks present [FP78052]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where a destination resolution of “0” was not handled properly and resulted in a missing image [CA1033616]
  • General font processing: Issue fixed, where certain, rare supplement encoding entries in CFF fonts were not regarded properly, resulting in a changed visual appearance of a glyph [FP78902]
  • Generate bleed at page edges:
    • Problem solved, where the “Derive offset from page” option produced an unexpected result in certain cases [FP76594, FP78581]
    • Issue fixed, where bleed was not created properly if the PDF contained a certain structure [CA1033661]
    • Issue fixed, where bleed objects were created although the requested width was defined as “0” [CA1032988]
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes:
    • Issue fixed, where bleed was created inside of the die line for certain large-format PDFs [CA1033575]
    • Problem solved, where Fixup was not sucessful if executable was run as “SYSTEM” user [CA1033805]
  • Place circle|rectangle: Issue fixed, where created layers did not contain certain entries in the layer order array and therefore were not listed as layers in certain PDF viewers [FP78632; FP78897]
  • Place text on path: Issue fixed, where a page scaling factor was not properly taken into account
  • Protect object level metadata: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in a certain case [CA1033628]
  • Re-encode image with indexed color space:
    • Problem solved, where processed image appeared darker in a certain case [CA1027574]
    • Issue fixed, where certain bitmap images were not converted properly [FP62298, CA1027947]
  • Remove annotations: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an error due to certain, incomplete annotation entries [CA1030926]
  • Remove pages: Issue fixed, where page labels were not properly restored when pages were deleted [CA1030869]
  • Scale pages: Problem solved, where “Fit from outside (cut page)” didn’t reduce the size of TrimBox and BleedBox when needed [CA1029956]
  • Set layer default to ON/OFF: Problem solved where processing was not executed properly [FP78185]
  • Set line width: Problem solved, where not all path segments of certain line constructs were changed [CA1029832; CA1031847]
  • Subset fonts: Issue fixed, where processing could change the visual appearance of a particular glyph in a certain case [FP78360]
  • Trim clipped vector paths: Issue fixed, where Checks from the “Page description” group were not available as “Apply to” filter [CA1033686]
  • All rendering-based Fixups: Improved error message when required memory size could not be allocated [FP76575]
• Checks
  • Character code can not be mapped to Unicode: Issue fixed, where certain CMap entries were not properly taken into account [CA1033547, CA1033594, CA1033698]
  • Find barcodes:
    • Issue fixed, where barcode recognition took quite long on certain large pages [CA1033036]
    • Problem solved, where an unnecessary high amount of memory was used (Linux only) [FP78564]
    • Improved recognition of certain, low quality scanned barcodes [FP58706]
    • Issue fixed, where an inverted barcode could not be found in certain cases [FP77084]
  • Image bytes uncompressed: Issue fixed, where the number of bytes was not properly reported in certain cases
  • Object is inside CropBox: Issue fixed, where certain objects were incorrectly detected [CA1032791]
  • Annotation inside BleedBox/TrimBox Problem solved, where annotations were not detected correctly in some cases [CA102429]
  • Is color image: Improved detection of images with only 1 bit per color component but a color space with more than 1 color component [CA1032337, CA1031863]
• Actions
  • ToPDF:
    • Problem solved, where the resolution of JPEG images was not maintained in certain cases [FP77933, FP78302, FP78907]
    • Issue fixed, where MS Publisher files were not converted by MS Office but via LibreOffice [CA1033721]
    • Issue fixed, where a TIFF using “Old-style JPEG (in TIFF)” compression could not be converted
  • E-invoice (ZUGFeRD): Problem solved, where XML schema for validation could not be found if the executable was called from a network path [CA1033554]
  • Extract dieline: Page rotation factor is not always taken into account [CA1033479
  • Imposition: Problem solved where a sub-optimal looping over pages in a JavaScript-based imposition resulted in extremely high memory consumption [FP78313]
  • Quick Fix: Set layer visibility: Issue fixed, where RegEx “does not match with” was not properly supported [FP77686]
  • Visualizer: Issue fixed, where certain result images in created PDFs did not properly work in some viewers [FP78663]
• Reports
  • XML: Issue fixed, where the report contained for a PDF with an embedded file was incomplete [CA1033595]
  • XML: Schema (XSD) adapted, as certain entries were not clearly defined [FP77546]
• Server
  • Job view: Problem solved, where starting or stopping a job did not maintain the scrolling position [FP78200]
• CLI
  • Several Fixups will now report a more detailed error message if an invalid RegEx is used [CA1033344]
  • Problem solved, where processing failed due to missing dependencies in certain RHEL (and SLES) based Linux distributions [e.g. an AlmaLinux docker environment] [CA1033769]
• Process plans:
  • File pickup: Problem solved, where a wrong file was used if the input was not a PDF and no Fixups had been applied beforehand [FP78277]
  • Visualizer (separation views): Issue fixed, where setting “Render all individual separations in their respective color” was not properly regarded
• General
  • Native ARM support for installer on macOS [FP79048]
  • RegEx used in Checks and Fixups: Problem solved, where certain incorrect RegEx syntax was not reported properly during execution [CA1033344]
  • Adjusted version info in “info.plist” to match specified scheme by Apple (macOS only) [FP78667]
  • Rendering: Problem solved, where certain colored PDFs were displayed as gray, caused by a specific RGB-ICC profile as transparency blend color space [CA1033649, FP78297]
  • Rendering: Issue fixed, where certain, slightly corrupt PDF could no longer be rendered [FP78559]
  • Profiles: Problem solved, where a certain kfpx file reported a hash error during import [FP78783]
  • “ZuGFeRD” renamed to “e-invoice”

Release date: 2024-07-18

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 15 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 15 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Test mode: Several smaller improvements, e.g. loupe now shows page geometry boxes and page content is displayed in bleed preview
  • Manage Libraries: Support for n-channel ICC profiles
• Process plans
  • Compare: A compare report can now also be created if no differences were found [FP77465]
  • Action “Split or reorder” now supports output options like folder, prefix and suffix
• New Fixups
  • Adjust dot gain using script variables
  • Create spot color plate based on ink amount using script variables
  • Place file on page [CA1032298, CA1033402]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Remove printer marks: New setting “Objects outside TrimBox” [CA1028061, CA1030705]
  • Create and apply shapes: New option to keep existing alternate spot color definition [FP74482]
  • Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Support for page-range Checks [FP63269]
  • Convert colors: Support for page-based Black Point Compensation entries (requires PDF 2.0)
• New Properties
  • Size of image
  • Size of page object
  • Color distance between barcode / matrix code and background
  • Bounding box of effectively used page area
• New or enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    • Verify compliance with PDF/A-2u: Adjusted algoritm for allowed ToUnicode values [FP74044]
    • PDF/UA-1 validation: Element does not use standard tag: Improved detection of recursive RoleMaps
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Added 34 new Profiles for validation and conversion accordingly to the Ghent Workgroup “GWG 2022 R1 Specification”
      • Digital Print
      • Large Format Printing (LFP)
      • Newspaper and Magazine Ads
      • Packaging Flexo / Gravure / Offset
      • SheetCMYK / SheetSpot
      • WebCMYK / WebSpot
• Actions
  • To PDF: Automatic fallback for office files to use OpenOffice/LibreOffice if no MS Office is available (Windows only) [FP54688]
• CLI
  • SaveAsImage New optional parameter to define working color spaces for RGB, CMYK and Gray on CLI [FP51617]
  • –logexecution: Support for defining a custom output folder [CA1033429]
• General
  • Log Profile execution: A runlist debugger log file will be created automatically if the Impose Action is executed
  • Log Profile execution: For “Create and apply shapes” / “From joined vector paths” new images show single path objects in distinct colors
  • RegEx used in Checks and Fixups: Wrong RegEx syntax will be reported during execution [CA1033344]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2z)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.084.1)

• Desktop
  • Manage Libraries: Problem solved, where importing of a JavaScript based runlist was not properly done [FP77406]
  • Process plan editor: Problem solved, where un-protecting a protected Process plan wasn’t possible anymore [FP76360, FP76499]
  • Process plan editor: Problem solved, where a defined Variable from certain process plan steps was not properly exported [FP77138, FP77401]
  • Profile editor: Issue fixed where a Profile without a name could be created [FP77756]
  • Object inspector: Problem solved, where certain PDF files could not be analyzed [CA1033239, CA1033482]
  • Output preview: Issue fixed, where selected RGB or Gray ICC profiles had no effect on displayed color swatches
  • Output preview: Problem solved, where a PDF/X-5n could not be rendered properly [FP68178]
  • Switchboard: Generate bleed: Issue fixed, where bleed was not created correctly [FP77696, FP76697, FP77042, FP77238, FP77437]
  • Switchboard: Impose: Issue fixed, where importing a sheetconfig with syntax issues resulted into an unexpected result
  • Switchboard: Issue in batch processing fixed, where certain functions were not properly executed when files were processed on a network path (Windows only) [FP76983]
  • Layer explorer: Issue fixed, where a wrong display value for Processing Steps metadata “Positions > CodingMarking” was used [FP77305]
  • Visualizer: Issue fixed, where view was not refreshed when page or document was changed [FP75428]
• Fixups
  • Crop to visible based on rendered page: Issue fixed, where CropBox was set larger than MediaBox and an unnecessary ArtBox was introduced
  • Crop to visible based on rendered page: Problem solved, where the option “ignore objects using Registration color” was not properly regarded in some cases [CA1027164, CA1030546]
  • Create and apply shapes:
    • Issue fixed, where an open path object was not joined for the created Shape using the option “From joined vector paths” [CA1033235]
    • Problem solved, were a stroked shape was not correct when certain rendering resolution was used [CA1033367]
    • Problem solved, where page was not sufficiently enlarged [CA1031419, FP75848]
    • Issue fixed, where shape from joined vector path was not created as expected in certain case [CA1031498]
    • Issue fixed, where shape was slightly misaligned for certain page with large dimension [FP76038]
    • Problem solved, where after clipping thin white lines appeared in existing page content [FP77056]
  • Create link for page objects: Issue fixed, where new link annotations were not positioned on top of existing link annotations
  • Create bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where shape generation was not properly executed for certain multi-page PDFs [CA1033428]
  • Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where page scaling factors were not properly regarded
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Problem solved, where an improperly nested CropBox/MediaBox had an incomplete result [FP62342]
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Reviewed and optimized analysis to detect more variants of crop marks [FP7137, FP21571, FP17912, FP21077, FP30987, FP52238, FP61575, FP63193, FP63629, FP64901, FP73582, FP76423, FP76514, CA1030373, CA1032395]
  • Discard hidden layers: Problem solved, where removing a layer could result in missing resources [FP61033]
  • Downsample/recompress images:
    • Issue fixed, where a FixFailure was reported for ZIP compressed images and re-compression [CA1029723, CA1033472]
    • Issue fixed, where an JPEG2000 image with smask could not be converted [FP60689]
    • Issue fixed, where a smask was not properly handled [FP70689]
    • Problem solved, where re-compression was not properly executed on a certain, very large PDF [CA1033109]
    • Issue fixed, where processing took very long on a certain file with a very high number of very small images (Windows only) [CA1031829]
  • Remove empty layers: Problem solved, where certain layer-related entries remained in PDF [CA1032936]
  • Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where the time out setting was not regarded with certain PDFs [FP76436]
  • Generate bleed at page edges:
    • Problem solved, where the resulting PDF was not fully correct for certain PDFs and if bleed was set to overprint [FP76417]
    • Issue fixed where an unnecessary TR2 entry was inserted [FP77486]
    • Issue fixed, where deriving the bleed offset automatically did not properly work [FP76594]
  • Spotify: Issued fixed, where spot color library was not completely included in an exported Profile in some cases [FP77338]
  • Subset fonts: Issue fixed, where .notdef glyph used for space characters became visible in certain viewers if its Unicode referenced non-breaking space character [FP76876]
  • Place content on page: Issue fixed, where layers were not merged although name, default visibility and Process Steps metadata were matching
  • Place content on page: Issue fixed, where the “Order” array of already existing Layers was not properly maintained [CA1032253]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where certain result fonts triggered a warning for an unavailable font in certain PDF viewers [CA1033213, CA1033438]
  • Recompress JPEG2000 images as JPEG: Issue fixed, where certain JPEG2000 image could not be converted [FP64642]
  • Remove printer marks: Problem solved, where objects were not removed on all pages if referenced by more than one Form XObject [CA1031544]
• Properties
  • Number of hits in this check / Number of hits in this check in document: Improved handling of defined limits to avoid unnecessary high memory usage and to improve performance
  • Find barcodes: Limit rendering to CropBox even if a custom area is defined and exceeds it to avoid unnecessary memory consumption [FP76799]
  • Number of plates: Issue fixed, where smooth shades using only black were reported as “more than 1 plate used” [FP19765, CA1021954]
  • Text on page: Problem solved were multiple word repetitions occurred in the trigger value for OCR text [FP65713; FP77064]
  • Has transfer function: Issue fixed, where a TR2 entry was also taken into account in some cases, although not relevant [FP77532]
  • Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where processing together with a “Convert colors” Fixup within one Profile was not successful [FP76597, FP76903]
  • Syntax issues: Multiple defined “object streams” with identical order numbers in PDF stream added to internal list of checks [CA1033431]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where list values from a predefined Check were not properly handled [FP75807]
• Actions
  • Compare: A wrong path was written for a preview image in cals_params.js when used with a report template
  • Duplicate pages: Issue fixed, where the transparency blend color space was not properly maintained [FP76346]
  • Save as image:
    • Problem solved, where rendering of a certain font was not possible [FP77270]
    • Issue fixed, where conversion to TIFF using CMYK and multichannel resulted in an unexpected CMYK color shift [CA1033206]
    • Issue fixed where rendering outside of the CropBox was no longer possible
  • List Variables: Issue fixed, where certain Variable information was missing for a Process plan [CA1033257]
  • QuickFix: ResavePDF: Problem solved, where wrong header was written in a certain cases [FP76675]
  • QuickFix: Enlarge pages: Issue fixed, were certain pattern used in a smooth shade was not properly handled [CA1033177]
  • Imposition: Issue fixed where a page scaling factor was not properly regarded if JavaScript-based imposition was applied [FP77661]
  • To PDF for images:
    • Problem solved, where PDF creation resulted in wrong dimension for certain JPEG [CA1030102, FP31134, FP54034, FP64150]
    • Problem solved, where a certain way of placing text in a SVG resulted in an unexpected result [FP76914, FP77240]
    • Issue fixed, where a CMYK TIFF was not completely converted to PDF [FP68946]
    • Problem solved, where transparent regions from CMYK TIFF files became white [FP74524]
    • Problem solved, where 8bit CMYK TIFF files with Photoshop alpha layers were not converted to PDF correctly [FP67874]
    • Issue fixed, where conversion from TIFF with a smaller BBox than Path-to-clip resulted in a thin white line [CA1032876]
    • Issue fixed, where conversion of certain high-resolution TIFF resulted in a slightly shifted result [FP4157]
    • Issue fixed, where a multichannel TIFF could not be properly converted to PDF [FP28281]
    • Problem solved, where a TIFF using the deprecated “Old-style JPEG (in TIFF)” compression could not be converted [CA1031774]
    • Issue fixed, where an uncompressed grayscale TIFF using 8-Bit could not be converted properly [FP75240]
    • Issue fixed, where conversion of a certain TIFF using 16-Bit resulted in gray tiles [FP73457]
    • Issue fixed, where a CMYK TIFF using 8-Bit with JPEG compression was converted correctly [FP75281]
    • Problem solved, where a TIFF containing an ICC profile with issues could not be converted [FP61561, FP64047]
    • Issue fixed, where a TIFF with Photoshop alpha layers exceeding the dimension of the image itself was not handled properly [CA1029777]
    • Problem solved, where the dimension of a certain JPG image using a resolution with decimal values was not properly maintained [FP47035, FP73807]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where a certain type of scaling in a CF2 file was not properly interpreted [FP76692]
  • ZUGFeRD: Issue solved, where XMP entry for Version was set to “1p0” instead of “1.0” [CA1033016]
• Reports
  • HTML template based report: Issue fixed, where visualizer images could not be requested using the legacy manifest.xml entry (used up to and including pdfToolbox 14) [FP77396]
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where ICC source profiles were not listed in the created report (Linux only) [CA1033276]
  • XML/JSON: Explicit reporting of default color spaces
  • JSON v2: Issue fixed, where no report was generated for password protected PDFs
  • JSON v2: Issue fixed, where no report was generated for PDFs with an invalid colorspace type for an image mask
  • JSON v2: Issue fixed, where embedded files with AF entry were not listed
  • XML: XML schema (XSD) adjusted to cover output_intents entries [FP77546]
• Server
  • Issue fixed, where a specified limitation of parallel processes was internally always set to 8 processes even the License Server was used
• CLI
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where PostScript-to-PDF conversion could result in unnecessary high memory consumption [CA1028600, FP77263]
  • Profile execution: Optimized handling for hits per document if no report option is selected in order to increase performance [CA1033174]
• Distributed processing
  • Problem solved, where result files of Actions using sub-folders were not transferred back to the Client
  • Problem solved, where placing PDFs using the “Place content on page” Fixup was not properly done [FP77271]
• General
  • Actions in ProcessPlan: Issue fixed, where a defined sub-folder structure was not regarded
  • Process plans: A “File pick up” step now restores the original file name as well [FP76750]
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where a combination of “Rename PDF” and “Do not save modified input file” resulted in an error [FP76767]
  • Issue fixed, where a Process plan execution was not successful with the first runs but was successful later [CA1033239]
  • Problem solved, where Profile execution was not successful if certain Fixups were using certain settings [CA1033292, FP77773]

Release date: 2024-03-19

• An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 15, pdfToolbox CLI 15 or pdfToolbox SDK 15 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• Desktop
  • Simplified Profile editor
  • Profiles window: New possibility to select multiple Profiles and assign them to another group [FP75559]
  • Object inspector: New functionality to derive a Check from object properties
  • Object inspector: RGB color values are now also showing color values based on the (0…255) range [FP75360]
  • Switchboard: New function “Enumerate XObjects” in group Layers visualizes the form XObject hierarchy using layers
  • General PDF preview: All types of Output Intents are now taken into account and ICC profiles for all color spaces are listed as possible simulation profiles in output preview mode [CA1026640, FP72044]
  • Variables: Ask at runtime dialogue support for JavaScript based configuration to order, hide or disable Variable input fields
  • Visualizer: Very small objects view: “Thresholds” section has been added
  • Testmode: Several new functionalities like Loupe, Layer view, Show custom area, Shape preview with original page content, Show hit results only
  • Text editor for Variables and other config files: New sidebar with advanced settings menu
  • Support for Desktop licensing via License Server [FP76002]
• Process plans
  • New option: Do not save modified input file
  • Actions in Process plans: Several new options for naming output files (e.g. prefix, creation of subfolders or overwriting of existing files)
• New Fixups
  • Place text on path
  • Split dieline at break points
  • Flatten all form XObjects into page content streams
  • Set page level transparency groups to non knockout [FP74786]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert colors: New advanced parameters to define the tolerance for RGB gray [FP70148]
  • Convert colors: Support for page level Output Intents (only for PDF 2.0 files) [FP64975]
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New options to specify color space for crop marks
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New parameters to limit the search area within the page
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New option to only derive boxes if TrimBox is missing or equals MediaBox [FP35137, FP37895]
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: Support for crop marks in images
  • Derive page geometry boxes from crop marks: New parameter to specify if BleedBox shall be set [FP56205]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: New option “Auto determine bleed generation offsets”
  • Generate bleed at page edges: New option “Suppress empty color channels” for “CMYK, keep spot colors” [FP75251]
  • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8, while “Convert font names to UTF-8” and “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” have been deprecated
  • Create and apply shapes: New create shape method “From joined vector paths” which connects vector path objects if endpoints are at the same position but not connected
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes: New option to create bleed at inner borders of a shape [CA1032858; FP72642]
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes: New option “Suppress empty color channels” for “CMYK, keep spot colors”
  • New option “Smart resolution for page dimension > 75cm” for internal rendering reduces the rendering resolution for pages where at least one dimension exceeds internal thresholds: >75cm: 0.75; >150cm: 0.5; >200cm: 0.25; >400cm: 0.1. Affected:
    • Convert page content into image
    • Create and apply shapes
    • Create spot color plate based on ink amount
    • Crop to visible based on rendered page
    • Generate bleed at page edges
    • Generate bleed for irregular shapes
    • Set page geometry boxes
  • Downsample/compress bitmap images: Enabled page-based Checks for “Apply to” selection [FP75619]
  • Downsample/compress color images: Enabled page-based Checks for “Apply to” selection [FP75619]
  • Downsample/compress grayscale images: Enabled page-based Checks for “Apply to” selection [FP75619]
  • Upsample/recompress color and/or grayscale images: Enabled page-based Checks for “Apply to” selection
  • Upsample/recompress bitmap images: Enabled page-based Checks for “Apply to” selection
• New Properties
  • Smallest size of quiet zone for bar-/matrixcodes
  • Quiet zone has sufficient size for bar-/matrixcodes
  • Number of narrow curves and sharp angles on path object
  • Number of narrow curves and sharp angles all path objects on page
  • Rotation of barcode / matrix code
  • Create a hit (or not) for pages
  • Create a hit (or not) for page areas
  • Length of a stroked vector object [CA1033164]
  • Angle of stroked vector object
  • Corner radius of stroked vector object
  • Is part of a Form-XObject
  • Is part of a Type3 font CharProcs
  • Is part of a tiling pattern content stream
  • Page is knockout transparency group [FP74786]
  • Specified DPart DPM property uses specified value
• Enhanced Properties
  • All Barcode-related Checks: Reviewed and optimized analysis for improved recognition of codes on a page (e.g. inverted codes or above colored background) [CA1031990, FP70793, FP73434]
  • New option “Smart resolution for page dimension > 75cm” for internal rendering reduces the rendering resolution for pages where at least one dimension exceeds internal thresholds: >75cm: 0.75; >150cm: 0.5; >200cm: 0.25; >400cm: 0.1. Affected:
    • Find barcodes
    • Shape definition
  • New option “Smart sample size for page dimension > 75cm for internal rendering reduces the rendering resolution for pages where at least one dimension exceeds internal thresholds: >75cm: 0.75; >150cm: 0.5; >200cm: 0.25; >400cm: 0.1. Affected:
    • Effective ink coverage
    • Effective ink coverage in custom area
    • Effective ink coverage for registration color
    • Effective ink coverage for separated plates
    • Effective total area coverage (TAC)
    • Number of effectively non-empty plates
    • Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold
• New or enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    • PDF/A-2u: Outline non-Unicode text if it is below specified share of all text: Reviewed and optimized JavaScript Variables to ensure better results
    • Convert to PDF/A-2…, PDF/A-3…, PDF/A-4…: Added “Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8”, while “Convert font names to UTF-8” and “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” have been deprecated and removed
    • Convert to PDF/X-4…, PDF/X-5n, PDF/X-6…: Added “Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8”, while “Convert font names to UTF-8” and “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” have been deprecated and removed
    • Convert to PDF/X-4… and PDF/A-2…: Added “Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8”, while “Convert font names to UTF-8” and “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” have been deprecated and removed
    • Convert to PDF/X-6… and PDF/A-4…: Added “Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8”, while “Convert font names to UTF-8” and “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” have been deprecated and removed
    • Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Added “Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8”, while “Convert font names to UTF-8” and “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” have been deprecated and removed
    • Convert to PDF/A-2u: New text handling for image conversion: Set to “OCR for invisible text”
    • Convert to PDF/A-3u: New text handling for image conversion: Set to “OCR for invisible text”
    • Verify compliance with PDF/A-4e: Added “DeviceRGB used in an 3D annotation but no PDF/A OutputIntent”
• New or enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Add crop and bleed marks: Will now use register color by default (separation “All”)
    • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8
    • Generate 2mm bleed at specified dieline (spot color)
    • Remove layers and content that are initially invisible
    • Flatten all Form XObjects into page content streams
    • Settings updated to take advantage of “Smart resolution”:
      • Convert page content into CMYK image if number of vector objects is above 10000
      • Convert page content into CMYK image if number of bitmap images is above 10000
      • Convert page content into CMYK image if number of smooth shades is above 2000
      • Convert pages with complex page descriptions into images
      • Convert page content into CMYK image (150 ppi, high JPEG quality)
      • Convert page content into CMYK image if size of content stream is greater than 5MB
      • Generate 2mm bleed from page content
      • Generate 3mm bleed at TrimBox, excluding specified spot color
      • Generate 3mm bleed by stretching border area
      • Crop all pages to visible based on rendered page
      • Crop to visible based on rendered page (if TrimBox doesn’t match specified size)
      • Generate 5mm bleed at dieline (Processing Steps)
    • Added the new advanced parameters to define the tolerance for RGB gray tolerance (light gray will use 1%, midtone gray 2% and dark gray 3% tolerance)
      • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2006 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2006 (keep spot colors)
      • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2013 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2013 (keep spot colors)
      • Convert color to ISO Coated v2 (ECI) (keep spot colors)
      • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (keep spot colors)
      • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (keep spot colors)
      • Convert color to PSO Coated v3 (ECI) (convert spot colors to CMYK)
      • Convert color to PSO Coated v3 (ECI) (keep spot colors)
  • Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content:
    • Settings updated to take advantage of “Smart resolution”:
      • Generate 3 mm bleed by pixel repetition
      • Generate 3 mm bleed by mirroring
      • Create partial varnish for images
      • Create varnish for printed content (excl. white areas)
      • Create varnish for printed content (incl. white areas)
      • Generate bleed by specified method
      • Set TrimBox based on visible content
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8
• New or enhanced predefined Checks
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Page has more than 6 dieline corner issues
    • Settings updated to take advantage of “Smart resolution”:
      • Effective ink coverage above specified value
      • Effective CMYK ink coverage above 0%
      • Effective ink coverage above 0%
  • Library: PDF Standards:
    • MCID IDs are not unique within content stream
• Actions
  • Unified concept for units in Actions and limited to one unit setting per Action, which now also support Variables [FP62523, FP62569, FP63690, FP65143, FP74181]
  • ToPDF: Support for CF2 files
  • Booklet: New Parameter “Shingling offset” [CA1033060]
  • Extract Dieline: Added the possibility to edit, duplicate, create new and import Checks for the filter functionality
  • Image export: New Option “Do not embed ICC profile” to create uncalibrated image files [CA1028662, FP26060, FP23195, FP30710, FP53882, FP63982, FP70090]
• Quick Fix
  • Distribute form XObjects on layers: Visualizes the form XObject hierarchy using layers
  • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8 [FP74998]
• Reports
  • HTML-template based Reports:
    • Extended reporting of Process plans
    • Additional views for small objects can be ordered via the manifest.xml (see online docu for further details) [FP75702]
    • Additional views for images below threshold resolution can be ordered via the manifest.xml [FP75702]
    • Possibility to create certain visualizer images only for pages with issues via the manifest.xml [FP75702]
    • Support for custom parameters in manifest.xml via an JavaScript object
    • All settings changed via the manifest.xml can now also be adjusted via the new “app.context.report.manifest” JavaScript object
    • Improved reporting if a section (e.g. spot colors) has nothing to report [FP72090]
    • Support for JSON v2 report to be requested via the manifest.xml
  • New JSON v2 report, which lists contents similar to the XML report
  • XML report: Embedded Output Intents on page level are now also reported (PDF 2.0)
• CLI
  • Booklet: New Parameter “Shingling offset” [CA1033060]
  • SaveAsImage: New Option “Do not embed ICC profile” to create uncalibrated image files
  • Extract XMP metadata: New additional output format XMP [CA1033089]
• General
  • PDF/A fallback conversion: New option to derive text via OCR
  • JavaScript Variables: JavaScript result object contains more Barcode related properties
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2r)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v3.2.0PlusP1e)

• Desktop
  • Issues fixed, where certain windows were not properly displayed when initially opened using high DPI monitors on Windows
  • Testmode will now also show if file has syntax issues [FP75711]
  • Switchboard: Add border: Issue fixed, where MediaBox was created with double border size than CropBox [FP75779]
  • Switchboard: Duplicate pages: Issue fixed, where the setting was not properly regarded in a certain case [FP75518]
• Fixups
  • Create and apply shapes: Problems solved, where the shape had an insufficient dimension in vertical direction for very large pages [FP74675, FP76038]
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where clipping based on a custom box did not respect a page scaling factor or rotation key [FP61975, FP75474, FP75051]
  • Create and apply shapes: Problem solved, where certain objects were not properly taken into account for shape creation when an inverted Check was used as a filter [CA1030171]
• Properties
  • Text on page: Issue fixed, where search was not successful if RegEx was used (Linux only) [FP76112]
  • Is in custom area: Problem solved, where a page scaling factor was not properly regarded
  • Has layers: Issue fixed, where certain layer configuration fragments in a PDF resulted in a hit although no complete layer existed in the file
  • Text cannot be mapped to Unicode: Adjusted recognition for glyphs using either the Private Use Area (PUA) or “zero” unicodes [CA1033102]
  • Color space related properties: Improved reporting to avoid creating hits for form XObjects [FP75495]
• Actions
  • MergePDF: Corrected the numerical order of the merged PDF files so that e.g 10 comes after 9 and not after 1
  • ToPDF for PostScript files: Problem solved, where a bounding box was not respected [CA1032272]
  • ToPDF for PostScript files: Issue fixed, where the name of an additional font folder could not exceed 9 characters [CA1030231, CA1032669]
  • SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where a certain image-only PDF with large image could not be properly converted [CA1032617, FP73859]
  • Imposition: Issue fixed, where using a custom sheet resulted in an error [FP75489]
  • Split in half / Step and repeat: Problem solved, where even pages were not properly handled [FP74646, FP75442, FP75461, FP75726, FP75817, FP75991, FP76119]
  • N-Up / Step and repeat: Problem solved, where defined unit from the UI was not properly regarded [FP65143]
  • Actions in Process plans: Problem solved, where the output of a failed Action was handled as “success” and not as a “failure” [FP74854]
• Reports
  • HTML-template based Reports: Problem solved, where the pagebox setting for inkcoverage in the manifest.xml was not regarded [FP75920]
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where files using a PDF 2.0 based encryption algorithm could not be analyzed [CA1032217]
• CLI
  • Variables: Problem solved, where “variables.json” created by “log profile execution” or “ask at runtime” dialogue could not be used
  • ZUGFeRD: Problem solved, where file name of embedded invoice xml was set incorrectly [CA1033016]
• General
  • JavaScript Variables: Problem solved, where the JavaScript objects for “effective… ”- page geometry boxes did not took the page rotation factor into account [FP75464]
  • Process plan step “File pickup”: Restores the return code as it was when the restored file was placed in the step from which it was retrieved

Release date: 2023-12-14

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Problem solved where certain combinations of region and language settings resulted in unstable behaviour (macOS only) [CA1032326; FP75186]
  • Issue fixed where external variable script editing was no longer possible in VS Code (macOS only) [FP75135]
• Fixups
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where an invisible pattern became visible when a certain spot color was excluded [CA1032830]
  • Place rectangle: Problem solved where rectangle was placed at offset position when radius was defined [CA1032941]
  • Remove .notdef glyphs: Problem solved where missing but required CMap entry was not handled properly [CA1032893]
  • Set colors: Issue fixed, where certain Properties like “is in custom area” could not be used in a Check [CA1032944]
  • Set transparency blend color space: Issue fixed, where the blend color space was changed with the setting “is missing” even though the entry already existed [FP75258]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where some glyphs were removed if identical fonts were contained in the PDF in certain cases [FP74861]
• Actions
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where conversion of TIFF files was not successful (Windows 32bit only)
• General
  • Fast VDP mode: Problem solved, where single-page documents with multiple usage of Form XObjects were not properly processed [CA1032881]

Release date: 2023-11-16

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Switchboard: New functionality “Rasterize” in group “Pages”
  • Switchboard: New functionality “Fill page (repeat)” in group “Arrange”
  • Switchboard: “Import from library” option for runlist and sheetconfig files added
  • Process plan editor: Transitions without an assigned destination step will be handled as connection to “End” [FP66937]
  • Process plan editor: Enhanced highlighting of transitions and connected steps [FP66937]
  • Process plans and Profile editors: Improved handling of custom Templates for Variables (Ask at runtime dialog)
  • Explore DPart: Import of DPart structures into a PDF
  • Support for High DPI monitors on Windows
  • Action editor: “Import from library” option for runlist and sheetconfig files added
  • Search Libraries: Imposition configuration files are now available as listed resources [FP71940]
• New or enhanced predefined Profiles
  • Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Added “Insert or repair IDTree in StructTreeRoot” Fixup
  • PDF/UA-1 validation:
    • Added “List encloses improper structure type”
    • Added “Table encloses improper structure type”
    • Adjusted “Annotations not inside Annot tag”
    • Adjusted “Annotation lacks both Contents entry and Alt entry”
    • Adjusted “Neither Scope nor Headers/IDs for TH cell” [CA1032688]
  • PDF/A-1… validation:
    • Adjusted “PDF contains data after end of file marker”
  • PDF/A-2… validation:
    • Adjusted “OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile”
    • Adjusted “No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present”
    • Adjusted “PDF contains data after end of file marker”
    • Adjusted “Text cannot be mapped to Unicode” for PDF/A-2u [FP74044]
  • PDF/A-3… validation:
    • Adjusted “OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile”
    • Adjusted “No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present”
    • Adjusted “PDF contains data after end of file marker”
    • Adjusted “Text cannot be mapped to Unicode” for PDF/A-3u
  • PDF/A-4… validation:
    • Added “DeviceRGB used in an 3D annotation but PDF/A OutputIntent not RGB”
    • Added “Incorrect annotation type used: FileAttachment”
    • Added “Embedded file has invalid MIME type entry”
    • Adjusted “OutputIntent uses a referenced destination profile”
    • Adjusted “No transparency group entry for transparent object and no PDF/A OutputIntent present”
    • Adjusted “PDF contains data after end of file marker”
    • Adjusted “Text cannot be mapped to Unicode”
• New or enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Convert page content into CMYK image if size of content stream is greater than 5MB
• New or enhanced predefined Checks
  • Content stream size of page greater than 5MB
• New Fixups
  • Derive spot color from softmasks
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert colors: New advanced setting: “Decalibrate with filters”
• New Properties
  • URI of action in link annotation [FP66840]
• Actions
  • Quick Fix: New option for Resave PDF: “Repair image streams (ZIP)” to repair incorrect length entries and insert missing EOD (end of data) markers [CA1032568; CA1032639; FP74023]
• Reports
  • PDF Mask report: Support for highlighting of barcode / QR code hits added
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP2f)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.084)

• Desktop
  • Action editor: Reviewed, reordered and optimized display of possible options for several Action types
  • Action editor: Issue solved, where naming was not checked for identical Actions and no auto-indexing took place upon import
  • Action editor: Corrected swapped strings for custom box in image export [FP74181]
  • Problems solved in more than one monitor setups, where certain parts of the user interface were displayed on the wrong monitor in certain cases
  • Compare Profiles: Issue fixed, where comparing 2 specific Profiles was not successful
  • JavaScript editor: Issue fixed, where installation of callas VSCode auto-complete component did not work (Windows only)
  • Layer Exporer: Reviewed and revised handling of layers
  • Process plans: Issue fixed, where a failing Fixup did not stopp processing in Desktop [FP74444]
  • Process plans: Issues fixed, where changes to the plan were reported, although the plan was unchanged
  • Problem solved, where update notification created an assertion when a proxy was used [FP74089]
  • QuickFix editor: Issue solved, where naming was not checked for identical QuickFixes and no auto-indexing took place upon import
  • Switchboard: Problem solved, where folders for failures were not properly created during batch processing [FP73553]
  • Test mode: Problem fixed, where certain Quick Fix combinations with file pick up resulted in a warning message [FP74531]
  • Test mode: Issue fixed, where hotkeys for zoom levels were not functional (Windows only) [FP71939]
  • Variable editor: Several issues fixed, where “Show evaluation results” did not work as expected in certain cases
  • Variable editor: Problem solved, where logging profile execution was not successful [FP74158]
• Fixups
  • Convert colors:
    • Issue fixed, where identical (legacy) configuration files became indexed during import of previously exported process plan
    • Problem solved, where some Form XObjects were missing after processing in certain PDF files [CA1032716]
    • Problem solved, where certain Default ColorSpace definitions were not properly decalibrated [FP73443]
  • Convert page content into image:
    • Issue fixed with JPEG compression, where process colors in DeviceN where not rendered
    • Problem solved, where some page objects were visually changed if “Except page objects” filter was used [FP67080; FP71301]
    • Problem solved where in certain cases some lines of pixels were not rendered [FP74646]
  • Create and apply shapes:
    • Issue fixed, where using a layer-based page filter resulted in unexpected behavior [FP74444]
    • Problem solved, where a page rotation factor was not properly regarded [CA1032570]
    • Issue fixed, where an additional rectangle path was added outside of the document area in certain cases [FP72887]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where proportions of images were not maintained if used together with a “Convert colors” Fixup in the same Profile [CA1032564]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where certain images using a Mask or an SMark entry were not properly handled [CA1032308; CA1032545; CA1032553; FP74510]
  • Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where font embedding replaced a certain glyph if the respective glyph was not available in the font file [FP73453]
  • Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where Unicode values from encoding entries for glyphs were not maintained in certain cases [CA1032659]
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where resulting bleed used slightly wrong color [CA1032858; FP68973; FP72642]
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where process colors were not properly handled in certain cases
  • Map colors:
    • Problem solved, where mapping of Gray to Separation Black resulted in an unexpected output [FP73701]
    • Images will only be converted between color spaces if “Include intermediate color values” is enabled
    • Issue fixed, where result was not properly displayed in certain PDF viewers after processing [CA1032715]
    • Problem solved, where certain DeviceGray objects could not be mapped to spot color [CA1032712]
  • Profile description for Output Intent: Issue fixed, where properties of ICC v4 profiles could not be determined [FP74319]
  • Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved with a certain file [CA1032654; FP74520]
  • Set transparency blend color space: Issue fixed, where blend color space was not properly set in certain cases [FP73586]
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where a “npspace” glyph was mistakenly replaced [FP74330]
  • General font processing: Problem solved, where analysis was not successful due to some rare and unusual Encoding entries [FP74269]
• Checks
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Problem solved, where processing was not successful on Linux in some cases [FP74099]
  • ICCbased …: Form XObjects no longer taken into account [FP73586]
  • PDF file contains data after the end-of-file marker: Issue fixed, where a “Newline” (0A) was not regarded [CA1032852]
  • Sifter-based Properties:
    • Issue solved, where objects outside shapes were not properly detected with certain PDFs [CA1032698; FP74166; FP74187; FP74784]
    • Issue fixed, where a file from previous processing could not be analyzed in certain cases [FP69716]
    • Problem solved, where checking distances did not work properly [FP73788]
    • Problem solved, where a layer with an incomplete OCProperties entry was falsely classified as invisible and therefore not regarded [CA10327726]
  • Smallest distance from TrimBox: Problem solved, where the defined threshold was not properly regarded [CA1032065]
  • Content stream analysis: Problem solved, where processing a certain PDF resulted in endless processing [FP73680]
• Actions
  • Compare: If only one of the PDFs has an Output Intent, this Output Intent will now be used for both PDFs [FP74190]
  • Extract dieline: Problem solved, where rectangular strokes were not exported as closed paths [FP72538]
  • Overlay: Issue fixed, where layers were not properly handled [FP44717]
  • Split PDF / Split and merge PDF: Problem solved, where processing a file with font issues was not successful [FP74125]
  • Split PDF / Split and merge PDF: Issue fixed, where certain PDFs used extraordinary long processing time [FP73432]
  • To PDF:
    • Problem solved where certain JPEG images were unproportionally scaled when converted to PDF [FP74437]
    • Issue fixed, where certain TIFF files using Lab colors were only partially converted
    • Problem solved, where 16Bit TIFF files with “NoMac” byte order were not properly converted [CA1032713; FP73200; FP74424]
• Quick Fix
  • General issue fixed, where certain dates were not properly handled [CA1032829]
  • Apply rotate key: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in an error on certain PDFs [CA1032570]
  • Set MediaBox to origin: Issue with UserUnit entry fixed [CA1032604]
  • Resave PDF: Problem solved, where processing was not successful for a certain PDF with metadata issues [FP74242]
  • Rotate pages: Problem solved, where result could not be displayed in certain PDF viewers [FP74605]
  • Rotate pages: Issue fixed, where page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not properly maintained [FP73288]
• Server
  • Reports are created without overview according to settings [FP74332]
• CLI
  • Optimized implicit repair for files with syntax issues [CA1031639; FP73502]
• Reports
  • Inventory report: Problem solved, where report was not properly created for one page PDFs in Desktop in certain cases
  • JSON: Issue fixed, where some special characters (like umlauts) were escaped
  • Quick Check: Issue fixed, where a configuration with CR line endings was not properly regarded [CA1032578]
• Distributed Processing
  • Issue fixed, where graceful shutdown failed for Dispatcher/Satellite
• License Server
  • When used for Distributed Processing, options like –lspool and –lsmessage used in the Client call will only be forwarded to the Satellite when the Client also specifies a –licenseserver
• General
  • JavaScript Variables: Problem with a certain combination of operators solved [FP73754]
  • JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where xml.xpath did not work as expected for attributes [FP62815]
  • Problem solved, where internal syntax optimization did not restore a specific structure of color spaces [FP73698]
  • Problem solved, where file processing resulted in a syntax issue with certain PDFs [FP74598]
  • Issue fixed, where incorrect Windows version was reported in some cases [CA1032618]
  • Log Profile execution: Issue fixed, where the app.json file was empty for barcode / QR code Checks [FP73901]

Release date: 2023-07-18

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • Derive page geometry boxed from crop marks: Issue fixed, where boxes from certain marks were not correctly recognized [FP73640]
  • Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where image masks were no longer converted [FP73735]
• Checks
  • Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where processing was not correctly executed for certain PDFs [FP73638]

Release date: 2023-06-29

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Process plans: Improved handling of Variables in input/pop-up fields
  • Manage Libraries: Quick Check items are now listed in a separate Group
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert page content into image: New color space options “CMYK,keep spot colors” and “Output Intent if present or CMYK”
  • Convert page content into image: Sifter-based Checks can now be used in “Except page objects”
• New Properties
  • Number of subsequent points with different location in sub path [FP72888]
  • Page description is not valid: Pages are internally rendered and errors are reported in the trigger value [FP69734; FP72888]
• Enhanced Properties
  • Properties determining the number of points or nodes in vector paths use improved algorithms [FP72954]
• Actions
  • Apply structures: New action to apply DPart and bookmark structures
• CLI
  • Modify structures: New action (–modifystructures) to extract and apply DPart and bookmark structures
• Reports
  • JSON report: Comments of Checks and Fixups used in a Profile have been added [FP73542]
• License Server
  • Support for Cartridge pools for CLI (–lspool; requires License Server v1.2)
  • Support for developer licenses for CLI (–lsdev)
• General
  • “Relaxed rendering” supports rendering of PDF files with minor syntax issues [FP72888]
  • New supported operating system: Linux ARM (e.g. Amazon Graviton) [FP70543]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP4a)

• Desktop
  • Action editor: Improved handling of imposition configuration files when updating or replacing files in a configuration
  • Manage Libraries: Issue fixed, where number of library changes were not properly calculated when resources were copied [FR71863]
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where loupe window was not properly synced in certain cases
  • Quick Fix: Issue fixed, where adding an “Output Intent” setting was not possible in an empty Library
• Fixups
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where decalibrating RGB images resulted in unexpected output [FP69017]
  • Convert colors: Issue fixed, where conversion of certain black DeviceN objects to RGB or gray was not properly done [FP53165; FP59242]
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where using a custom box on a page with UserUnit resulted in an incorrect shape [CA1032493]
  • Create link: Issue fixed, where link annotations were created twice in some cases (Linux Only) [FP65713]
  • Convert page content into image:
    • Problem solved, where conversion to RGB did not respect overprint settings [FP73213]
    • Problem solved, where excluding certain objects resulted in a unexpected visual change [FP65768]
    • Issue fixed, where not converted objects were kept but also rendered [CA1032470; FP67218]
    • Problem solved, where defined compression setting was not properly regarded [CA1032466]
  • Map colors: Issue fixed, where multiple conversion settings were not properly taken into account [FP73355]
  • Remove objects outside page area: Issue fixed, where removal of objects was not properly done [CA1032492]
  • Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved, were objects inside were removed in certain cases [CA1032544]
  • Set overprint and knockout: Issue fixed, where changes were reported although the Fixup was set to “Unchanged” when an “Apply to” filter was used [FP67034]
  • Trim clipped vector paths: Problem solved, where processing resulted in a changed visual appearance with a perticular PDF [CA1032258]
• Checks
  • Font not valid: Issue solved, where CID-Fonts were falsely reported as not embedded as CID [FP73468]
  • Find barcode: Issue fixed, where the same barcode was found twice in some cases [CA1032265]
  • Number of hits per page: Problem solved, where analysis took unnecessarily long [CA1032433]
  • Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where visible objects were falsely classified as invisible in certain cases [FP66159; FP69594; FP73261]
  • Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where an object covered by the opaque part of an image with SMask was not identified as invisible
• Actions
  • Visualizer: Content outside of the CropBox will no longer be displayed e.g. in the safety zone view
  • Save as image: Content outside of the CropBox will no longer be rendered, even if the rendering rectangle is enlarged or set to the MediaBox
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where content was not rendered if defined PDF dimension exceeded 14400pt [CA1032259]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where 16-bit CMYK TIFF with spot or alpha channels were not properly converted [CA1032261; FP73200]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where certain types of CMYK TIFF files using JPEG compression were not properly converted to PDF [FP69255; FP72101; FP72232]
  • To PDF: Issue fixed, where a certain Word document using the wrong MIME type could not be converted to PDF [CA1032436]
• CLI
  • CreateCustomDict: Issue fixed, where Variables used for name or comment were not properly regarded [FP73090]
• Reports
  • Template-based report: Issue fixed, where wrong ink coverage values were reported [FP73232]
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where the “open” status for bookmarks was not reported
• License Server
  • Problem solved, where requesting a licenses from a License Server without a matching Cartridge was not properly executed
• General
  • Problem solved, where a particular image without resolution entry in a PDF was not properly handled [CA1032551]

Release date: 2023-05-11

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • User interface for Process plans, Actions etc.: Improvements regarding display of content and usability [FP56043; FP65165]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check/Fixup: Separate tabs for script and resources
  • Test mode: Shortcuts for displaying page geometry boxes added [FP71939]
  • Imposition: New import function for config files and PDF sheetconfig templates
  • Process plan: Improved automatic scrolling when (multiple) objects are selected and moved [FP66937]
  • Process plan: Auto-complete of the “app” object is also available when editing JavaScript in VS Code as external editor
• Enhanced predefined Profiles
  • PDF/A-4… validation: Adjustments made to match veraPDF requirements:
    • Binary comment in the file header is missing or does not comply PDF/A requirements
    • ToUnicode CMaps using incorrect values
    • Additional action (AA) entries
    • Detection of certain encryption settings in a PDF [CA1032376]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Create and apply shapes: New option to enlarge page size if needed [CA1031419]
  • Create and apply shapes: New option to suppress separations from rendering [FP65812]
  • Map spot and process colors: New option “Convert to alternate color” [FP64780]
  • Map spot and process colors: New option for “Adjust spot colors” to map spot color tint values proportionally [FP71149]
  • Map colors: DeviceGray images can be mapped to a spot color [FP71858]
  • Map colors: Improved processing speed for documents with high number of pages [CA1029678]
• Enhanced Properties
  • Font not valid: “Embedded CID-Font not embedded as CID” added [CA1024021]
  • Sifter-based properties: Enhanced recognition for object detection [FP69419]
• Actions
  • SaveAsImage: Support for pagebox / custom rectangle for image format PDF [FP23454; FP68014]
• CLI
  • Support for Amazon Linux 2023 LTS
• Reports
  • Custom PDF Report: New parameter “listpages” in manifest.xml to suppress ink coverage information on page level
  • Quick Check: Extended information for images properties on page- and document-level [FP71205]
• General
  • Page selectors now support an end page in multipage expressions [CA1031848]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1u)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.083)

• Desktop
  • Report dialog: Issues fixed, where not all step types of a Process plan were reported or Process plans included in Process plans were reported incorrectly
  • Report dialog: Issue fixed, where Variable values were not displayed properly
  • Plug-in: Problem solved, where flatten transparency was not successful (Windows only) [FP71814]
  • Plug-in: Issue fixed, where the Action “Resample to JPEG2000” could not be used
  • Explore PDF: Issue fixed, where font size for content stream display was too small
  • Manage Libraries: Issue fixed, where Variable keys were not shown with their complete length [FP55085]
  • Problem solved, where an ICC profile using JPEG compression for its data stream was not handled properly and no syntax issues were reported
• Fixups
  • Adjust dot gain: Problem solved, where values of indexed color spaces were mistakenly changed [FP71374]
  • Bring to front: Issue fixed, where content was not handled properly when the document used a certain, unproportionally scaled transformation matrix [CA1032359]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where certain inherited color space definitions were not handled properly [FP71924]
  • Create and apply shapes:
    • Issue with certain custom box definitions fixed
    • Issue fixed, where a shape based on a vector path was not properly created if “Reduce to outer borders” was activated [CA1031498}
    • Problem solved, where an existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was not taken into account [FP72361]
    • Issue fixed, where a defined image resolution affected the shape generation although “from vector paths” was selected [CA1032215]
    • Problem solved, where large PDF files were not processed successfully when a high rendering resolution was requested [CA1032250]
    • Issue fixed, where shape was not properly created if a page rotation key was present [FP69186]
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Issue fixed, where empty bookmarks were created [FP70994]
  • Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where processing resulted in occasional failures in rare cases [CA1031821]
  • Generate bleed from page content: Problem solved, where certain settings of the page selector resulted in unexpected output [FP71782]
  • Generate bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where unexpected visual result from vector path was created in certain cases [FP57630]
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where not all spot color occurrences were processed [FP62294]
  • Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Issue fixed, where processing was not successful in certain case [FP69606]
  • Remove invisible objects: Problem solved where visible objects were affected in certain cases [FP69016]
  • Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved, where pattern objects were not handled properly in some cases [FP57374; FP62316; FP71155]
  • Set keywords entry: Issue fixed, where entries were not properly harmonized with those existing in XMP metadata [FP52071; CA1031127; CA1032136]
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where diacritical points of glyphs were not maintained in certain cases [FP68942]
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where a Type 1 font glyph with ID 0 was removed in some cases [FP68941]
  • Trim clipped vector paths: Problem solved, where Fixup was not executed in certain cases when option “Form XObjects” was activated [CA1032366]
• Checks
  • Device independent via color space in group entry: Problem solved, where objects were not properly detected
  • Effective ink coverage: Issue fixed, where ink coverage outside page area was reported, although no visible content present there [CA1032257]
  • Sifter-based properties: Problem solved, where a certain combination of multiple Checks in 1 Profile resulted in incorrect hits [FP72705]
  • Sifter-based properties: Issue fixed, where PDFs with certain empty content stream commands could not be analyzed properly [FP70870; CA1032398]
  • Smallest distance from TrimBox|BleedBox: Issue fixed, where using a comma as decimal delimiter resulted in a broken Check configuration [FP59385]
  • Will display when document is opened: Issue fixed, where visibility was not correctly determined in some cases [CA1032254]
• Actions
  • Imposition: Issue fixed, where a negative shingling value was not taken into account [FP72685]
  • JavaScript-based imposition: Problem solved, where no UserUnit entry was added when maximum size of 14400 pt was exceeded [CA1032331]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where certain, large PDF files could not be rendered to JPEG in higher resolutions [FP70219; FP70739]
  • SplitPDF: Fixed return codes for password protected PDFs [CA1032161]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where certain layer sizes and compression in a TIFF resulted in an improper behavior [FP72316]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where vertical alignment of “Times”, “Helvetica” and “Courier” fonts in HTML did not match the expected output (MacOS only) [FP52559]
• CLI
  • Quick Check: Missing input tag with file details added to StdOut
• Reports
  • HTML-template based Reports: Minor issue with step icons fixed
  • HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where overview page did not show total amount of Fixups
  • HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where “show=“0”” parameter was not respected [FP72090]
  • Layer reports: Problem fixed, where report creation was not successful when Sifter check had to be reported [CA1032371; FP71984; FP72680]
  • Optimize PDF: Problem solved, were a complete optimization took inadequate long [CA1032264]
  • Problem solved, where names of sequence steps, which were defined by Variables were not regarded in reports [FP68341]
  • Quick Check: Issue fixed, where certain DeviceN constructs with spot colors and “None” were not properly listed [CA1032291]
  • Quick Check: Problem solved, where a certain kind of recursive structure in the content stream was not properly handled [FP72812]
• General
  • Protected Profiles: Problem solved, where protected Profiles could not be executed [CA1032232]
  • Issue fixed, where activation requests were falsely indicated as failed (Windows Server only) [FP35231; FP65154]
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where an incorrect return code was reported (3 or 8 = error), although this was not the result of the last step [FP71756]
  • Problem solved, where a certain font data structure could result in an improper behavior [CA1032231; FP71999]
  • Problem solved, where certain formatting of inline images resulted in a changed visual appearance [FP71647]

Release date: 2023-01-24

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 14 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 14 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • New function to bulk-export Profiles as separate kfpx files or into a zipped archive file (e.g. for distribution via GitHub )
  • Protected Profiles: Several minor improvements regarding handling and usage
• New Fixups
  • Create link for page objects (identified by a Check) [FP65713]
  • Create link at page area [FP65713]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert page content into image: Possibility to limit rasterization based on Processing Steps added [CA1032125]
  • Create and apply shapes: Support for beveled corners [CA1031870]
• New Properties
  • Glyph uses overlapping path objects [CA1031932; CA1032003; FP27205]
  • Text is un-proportionally scaled [FP70746]
  • Text is fake italic using skewing [FP70746]
• Enhanced Properties
  • Sifter-based Checks: Reviewed and optimized analysis, e.g. for cropped objects to increase processing speed [FP65044; FP65294]
• Actions
  • JavaScript-based imposition: SHEET_DEF_TRIMBOX is now available as possible parameter to be able to define a TrimBox [FP68772]
  • ToPDF: New topdf_parameter option “WholeSpreadsheetLayout” on CLI to enforce the whole spreadsheet in its original format [CA1031794]
• Quick Fix
  • Search and replace text: New parameter giving external fonts precedence to the ones that are embedded
  • Search and replace text for VDP: New parameter giving external fonts precedence to the ones that are embedded
• General
  • Process plans: Duration of previous steps are now available in JS-Variables and JSON reports
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1n)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3r)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.080)

• Desktop
  • Windows installer: Problem solved, where Plug-in was installed in older versions than Acrobat DC [FP70538]
  • QuickFix UI: Issue fixed, where QuickFix type sorting did not take localization into account [FP70790]
  • Results dialog: Issue fixed, where result list did not scroll to the last step [FP65526]
• Fixups
  • Flatten transparency:
    • Problem solved, where text vanished in certain cases (Windows only) [FP69113]
    • Problem solved. where a bitmap image became clipped [FP69113]
    • Issue fixed, where text used as a clipping path resulted in vanishing objects [CA1031993]
    • Problem solved, where some glyphs were not properly maintained during processing [FP65562; FP71571]
  • Font to outline:
    • Problem solved, where processing specific TrueType fonts could result into distorted glyphs [FP50175; FP55477; FP68146; FP69208; FP69505; FP70142]
    • Problem solved, where glyphs from certain Type 3 fonts were not properly converted [CA1028912; FP58310]
    • Issue fixed, where processing resulted in displaced diacritical marks for some composite glyphs [FP69208]
  • Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where an incorrect ToUnicode-CMap could result into false glyph assignments [CA1031998]
  • Create and apply shape: Problem solved, where processing was not successful when a certain resolution for some PDFs was used [CA1031291]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where DeviceN objects with multiple “None” colorants and Black were not properly handled when converted to RGB [FP61770; FP70262; FP70606]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where DeviceN CMYK images were not compressed as JPEG as requested [FP60717]
  • Map colors: Issues fixed, where especially the conversion to Gray did not always create the expected results
• Checks
  • Smallest distance from Trimbox: Problem solved, where strokes were not properly measured in some cases [FP61479]
  • Effective ink coverage in custom area: Issue fixed, where analysis was not properly done when “Sample size” was the same as “Width” [FP70808]
  • Find barcode: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in certain cases [FP70793]
  • Find barcode: Issue fixed, where a barcode was not found when the “Barcode value” property was negated [FP70793]
  • Sifter-based Checks: Problem fixed, where objects were not properly detected although reaching into a custom shape in certain cases [FP71006; FP71228]
• Actions
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where a SoftMaskImage in a PostScript file was not properly regarded during conversion to PDF [CA1031459]
  • Save as image: Corrected naming of quality setting [FP70635]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where a defined pagebox for rasterization was ignored on some PDFs when converted to TIFF with certain resolution [FP70739]
  • JavaScript-based imposition: Problem solved, where variables were not passed through to imposition engine on CLI [FP70532]
• Process plans
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where in a Process Plan a compare report was created even if there were no differences [FP68727]
  • Improved import handling for Process plans which differ only by their layouts
  • Problem solved, where the overwrite option for reports was not properly regarded [FP70444]
• Quick Fix
  • Search and replace for VDP: Problem solved, where processed PDF contained syntax issues in certain case [FP70873]
  • Set page geometry boxes: Issue fixed, where result could not be processed properly with specific PDF [FP69545]
• CLI
  • List Variables: Issue fixed, where Variables in objects of nested Process plans were not listed [CA1031571]
• General
  • JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where the position of a found barcode was not available in the JS result object [FP65713]
  • JavaScript Variables: Issue fixed, where a JavaScript controlled Check with at least one global Variable resulted into an empty Ask-at-runtime dialog [CA1031962]
• License Server
  • Problem solved, where checking for the License Server after each Process plan step could result into a terminated process if License Server could not be reached [FP67389; FP71141]

• Mac: macOS (Intel or ARM / M1), version 10.13 or newer, 64-bit-compliant

Release date: 2022-09-30

• An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 14, pdfToolbox CLI 14 or pdfToolbox SDK 14 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• Desktop
  • Switchboard: New functionality “Replace text” in group “Text”
  • Profile, Check and Fixup steps: New possibility to limit processing using page selector settings
  • Protected Profiles: Allows making content of a Profile or Process plan inaccessible and to limit the use to certain serial numbers
  • New “Fast fix” for single Fixups and Quick Fixes in Desktop, which will limit the extent of post-processing analysis of the resulting PDF
  • Fixup settings: New “Duplicate” button for settings
  • Action editor for imposition: Direct access to editor and related functionalities
  • Test mode: Preview for extracted text for Quick Fix “Search and replace text” and “Search and replace text for VDP” in Process plan context
  • Test mode: New “Short overview (faster)” mode, which will limit the extent of post-processing analysis of the resulting PDF
  • Switchboard: Extract dieline has been extended to work with a user selected page geometry box
  • Switchboard: Impose: RunLists and SheetConfig files can be deleted and other minor usability improvements
  • Impose RunList debugger: Now lists console.log() statements for JavaScript-based runlists
  • Test mode: Optional “Preflight only pages” to limit processing to the defined page range
  • JavaScript Variables editor: Support for using VS Code as external editor
  • JavaScript Variables editor: Extended functionality to evaluate the results in a context with e.g. a previous step in a Process plan
  • JavaScript Variables editor: Auto complete for JavaScript objects, Variables, Quick Check parameters and other minor usability improvements
  • Profile window: “Search Libraries” has been replaced with “Import from Library”, which offers more functionalities
• Process plans
  • Process plan steps Checks, Fixups, Profiles: Introduced a page selector input field per step [FP67632]
  • New Action type: Extract dieline
  • “Fast VDP mode” checkbox for Process Plans: Form XObject will be analyzed and processed only once, even if used multiple times within the PDF (designed especially for variable and transactional PDF files)
  • Checks: The severity of a hit can now be set
  • Compare PDF: Enhanced handling, so reports will be created only if differences were found [FP68727]
  • Processing: Optimized application of running a generic post check (e.g. will not happen in Process plans with just an Action)
  • Preliminary process plans can be saved
  • Extended settings for JSON reports
• New or enhanced predefined Profiles
  • All “GWG 2022”-based Profiles targeting “Packaging Gravure”: Adjusted recognition for allowed color spaces
  • All “GWG 2022”-based Profiles targeting “WebSpot”: Adjusted recognition regarding spot color naming
  • PDF/UA-1 validation: Improved reporting for untagged PDFs [FP68324]
  • PDF/A-4… validation: Added “CMYK source profile identical with blend color space profile”
  • PDF/A-4… conversion: Added “Remove all alternate images” and “Discard image interpolation flag” Fixups
  • Convert to PDF/X-… (Japan Color 2011 Coated)
  • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2011 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
  • Convert color to Japan Color Coated 2001 (keep spot colors)
  • Embed Output Intent Japan Color 2011 Coated
• Extended and enhanced Fixups
  • Map colors: Introduced individual tolerance per source colorant for better adjustment. Old tolerance settings will be applied for each colorant separately now [CA1022449; CA1031354; FP53858; FP54090; FP58197]
  • Create and apply shapes: New “Apply to pages” filter in all “Create shape” methods to create different shapes e.g. for even and odd pages [FP64197; CA1030598]
  • Create and apply shapes: New Option “Existing transparent page content overlaps opaquely” which puts the existing page content into an isolated group XObject
  • Add white background: New Option “Existing transparent page content overlaps opaquely” which puts the existing page content into an isolated group XObject [FP68320]
  • Set transparency blend color space: New options to limit to certain color spaces [FP68044]
  • Insert page: New page content filter to limit the type of objects to be duplicated
  • Remove page objects outside: Changed object recognition to Sifter technology for better analysis [CA1026869; CA1030849; CA1031669; CA1031766; FP46932; FP50227; FP53544; FP53819; FP58548; FP61468; FP64974; FP61666; FP61672; FP69158; FP69233; FP69635]
  • Processing Steps can be selected in the UI for the following Fixups:
    • Convert colors
    • Crop to visible based on rendered page
    • Generate bleed at page edges
    • Generate bleed for irregular shapes
    • Map spot and process colors
    • Remove objects
    • Set Overprint and Knockout
• New Properties
  • CMYK object redefined to ICCbased CMYK via its transparency group
  • Effective total area coverage (TAC) [FP64078]
  • Area effectively covered by ink amount above threshold
  • Create a hit (or not): Allows to set to create a hit or a trigger value e.g. based on a previously determined result (e.g. from a Quick Check or JavaScript-Variable)
  • Determine JPEG quality factor [CA1031362]
• Enhanced Properties
  • Object uses Cyan|Magenta|Yellow|Black: ICCbased colors can optionally be taken into account (without applying color management)
  • Object uses Cyan|Magenta|Yellow|Black with a percentage of: ICCbased colors can optionally be taken into account (without applying color management)
• Actions
  • Visualizer: Safety view: Color for TrimBox harmonized to other usages and highlighting for BleedBox added
  • Impose: New SheetConfig “25×38 inch, 8up US Letter”
• Quick Fix
  • Search and replace text
  • Search and replace text for VDP (to create PDFs with dynamic content)
• Reports
  • HTML-template based Reports: Completely redesigned and restructured default template, various additional views can be ordered via the manifest.xml (see online docu for further details)
  • JSON report:
    • New mode “compact” to write report in single-line mode
    • New mode to request analysis for ink coverage
    • A Quick Check can optionally be requested, the results of which are then included in the report
    • Extend sequence step information for process plans
  • XML report: Extend sequence step information for process plans
• CLI
  • Fast VDP mode: New optional parameter ”–fastvdpmode” for Profile execution: Form XObject will be analyzed and processed only once, even if used multiple times within the PDF (designed especially for variable and transactional PDF files)
• General
  • Log Profile execution: Lists type of step and logging path into process.log
  • XML & JSON reports with an an appropriate message will now also be generated for encrypted or patially parseable PDFs [FP59022]
  • Generic syntax checks now have a custom ID (e.g. in reports or app.doc.results)
  • Performance optimizated initialization for PDF files with huge numbers of pages
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.4PlusP1e)
• Internal bar code detection library updated to latest version
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.5.076)

• Desktop
  • Problems solved, where certain parts of the user interface were vanishing if window was moved to a second screen in certain cases (MacOS only) [CA1031345; FP66959; FP68206; FP69274; FP69435; FP70001]
  • Process plans: Improved automatic scrolling when mouse is outside canvas [FP66937]
  • RunList editor: Issue fixed, where no proper ask at runtime dialog was shown in test mode
• Fixups
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where page numbers with a FixFailures were reported zero-based (and not starting with “1”)
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where invalid images were falsely flagged as successfully processed [FP69980]
  • Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where hidden text was taken into account [FP69417]
  • Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where a certain type of smooth shade was not properly converted [FP69599; FP69925; FP69987]
  • Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where processing took unnecessary long on specific PDFs [CA1030865]
  • Flatten transparency: Problems solved, where defined timeout was not properly respected [FP68592]
  • Flatten annotations or form fields: Problem solved, where certain annotation appearances could result into an improper result [CA1031691; CA1031756]
  • Set transparency blend color space: Changed “All” to “All excluding soft masks”
  • Map colors: Limited conversion of images to mapping within the same color space [FP48912]
  • Map colors: Reviewed and optimized object recognition using the “Apply to” filter [CA1026860]
• Checks
  • Find bar codes: Optimized recognition of bar codes [CA1030800]
  • Context aware object detection (Sifter): Problem solved, where MediaBox was not extended, if created shape exceeded this box [CA1031802]
  • Context aware object detection (Sifter): Problem solved, where an excessive usage of extremely small patterns resulted in a long processing duration [FP69419]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Check: Problem solved, where execution failed although successful in the past [FP69921]
• Actions
  • AddXMP: Problem solved, where certain XMP structure could not be properly handled [CA1029394]
  • Extract content: Issue fixed, where created XML report for text split UTF-8 glyphs into two entries (Linux only) [FP70188]
  • Extract text: Problem solved, where processing failed with specific PDF [CA1030894]
  • Split layers: Issue fixed, where file naming based on layer names did not work if filename contained “.” [FP49501; FP69603]
  • Extract dieline: Problem solved, where creation did not properly work for certain CropBox/MediaBox combinations [CA1030864]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where content of specific TIFFs file was not properly converted [CA1029317]
  • To PDF: Problem solved, where a specific PSD file resulted in an improper behavior [FP69870]
  • N-up: Issue fixed, where page content was not properly positioned if page scaling factor (UserUnits) had to be added or adjusted [CA1031402]
  • Impose: Issue fixed, where page content was not properly positioned if a page scaling factor (UserUnits) had to be added or adjusted [FP68009]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where a certain usage of a transformation matrix resulted into black image using “no simulate overprint” [CA1031477]
  • Add grommets: Issue fixed, where userUnits were not taken into account [FP66328]
  • Quick Fix: Reviewed handling of multiple instructions within one Quick Fix to avoid conversion of one object multiple times
• General
  • Embedded file handling: Problem solved where conversion to PDF/A-2 failed on certain PDF [CA1029445]
  • JavaScript-based Variables: Issue fixed, where the app.doc.pages area did not contain a page property to identify the page
  • Page selector: Problem solved, where a defined page range with values out of possible range for current document was handled as an empty page range [CA1031720]
• Reports
  • XML: Issue fixed, where certain UTF-8 glyphs resulted into issues during report generation (MacOS only) [FP62319]
  • XML: Issue fixed, where Quick Fixes in a Process Plan were not properly listed [FP68341]
  • Quick Check: Problem solved, where creation failed when the input filename contained an umlaut in some cases (Linux Only) [FP69481]
• Server
  • Problem solved, where job name with command glyphs (e.g. a “tab”) resulted in a locked situation in some cases [FP69125]
  • JSON report is now available as report type

• Mac: macOS (Intel or ARM / M1), version 10.12 or newer, 64-bit-compliant

Release date: 2022-04-13

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Editor for resource files: New test button for immediate execution and possibility to save current state while editing [FP67501]
  • Ask-at-runtime dialog: Sidecar files as used in pdfToolbox Server can now be imported as well [FP67377]
• New Profiles
  • Added 34 new Profiles for validation and conversion accordingly to the Ghent Workgroup “GWG 2022 Specification”
    • Digital Print
    • Large Format Printing (LFP)
    • Newspaper and Magazine Ads
    • Packaging Flexo / Gravure / Offset
    • SheetCMYK / SheetSpot
    • WebCMYK / WebSpot
• New Fixups
  • Trim clipped vector paths: Reduces filled and stroked vector objects to the dimension of a defined box [CA1030021; FP59332; FP60226]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Place content: Support for transparency parameters [FP67863]
• Enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Add link to URL: Improved RegEx for recognition of web addresses [CA1031072]
• New Checks
  • Equivalent but not identical spot color names – on Document and Page level
  • Total amount of process color ink for fill / Total amount of process color ink for stroke
• Enhanced Checks
  • Text on page: Positions of found text will now be reported (e.g. in trigger values or JavaScript Variables) [FP65897]
• License Server
  • Support configuration file with defined IPs for the automatic use of License Servers added
  • Support for some non-PDF processing actions added (like –listvariables) [FP67818]
  • Improved handling for lost connections of the client to the License Server (now processing continues and will properly terminate as soon as License Server is available again) [FP67389]

• PDF Standards
  • Conversion to PDF/A-…: Problem solved, where a PDF without any XMP metadata could not be properly converted to PDF/A in certain cases [FP66490]
  • Conversion to PDF/A-2/-3/-4: XFA resource entries will now be removed by default
  • Conversion to PDF/X-4: Issue fixed, where missing document title caused reporting in a FixFailure, although PDF was PDF/X compliant afterwards [FP48942: FP63354]
  • Validation for PDF/UA-1: Issue fixed, where the type of an annotation was not properly regarded in certain cases [FP67862]
• Desktop
  • Several usability features added, like list of open files in “Window” menu, possibility to copy some contents in result dialog, improved shortcut handling across open windows, filter for referenced and not referenced objects for Checks and Fixups
  • Visualizer: Issue fixed, where total ink coverage was not shown anymore in certain views [FP67456; FP68408]
  • Acrobat Plug-in: Issue fixed, where Plug-in component was also loaded in Acrobat Reader (only Acrobat Pro is supported; Windows only) [FP67374]
  • JavaScript and text editor: Issue fixed, where settings were not saved [FP62841]
  • Switchboard – Decorate: Problem solved, where adding empty pages resulted in an error (non-english UI only) [FP67514]
• Fixups
  • Add missing SPACE glyphs: Problem solved, where corrupt PostScript code in font resulted in incorrect UniCode representation for text [FP67980]
  • Adjust or remove annotations: Issue fixed, where annotation remained inside page if executed together with “Scale pages” Fixup [FP67553]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixup: Issue fixed, where predefined Variable values (like “font_family”) could not be used as parameter values in JavaScript
  • Bring to front: Problems solved, where overprint settings and scaling of handled content was not properly maintained in certain cases [FP66890]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where 1-Bit DeviceGray images were not properly converted to CMYK [FP60358]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where smooth shade became duplicated if Fixup “Map spot and process colors” was executed within same Profile in certain cases [FP65384]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where recompression of inline images using 8 bits per component resulted into a scrambled appearance [FP67448]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where images used as pattern were not downsampled [FP67305]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where downsampling resulted into an improper result in rare cases [FP65244]
  • Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where using a “nbspace” without a “space” glyph in the font caused problems when file is flattened [FP67070]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where the length of a UTF-8 compliant font name with a unique suffix caused issues in later processing [FP65098]
  • Font processing: Problem solved where “Make font names unique” together with “Subset fonts” failed for certain Type 1 font with issues [FP67650]
  • Font to outline: Problem solved, where processing was not successful in some rare cases [FP63990]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a CustomBox defined outside the page area resulted into an aborted processing [CA1031319]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where corners where no longer created with certain settings [FP67397]
  • Remove invisible image data: Problems solved, where content was visual changed in some cases [FP63243; FP64044; FP66821]
  • Remove objects: Issue fixed, where not all specified objects were removed during first attempt [FP65537]
  • Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces: Problem solved, were processing failed in rare cases [FP67775]
  • Set transparency blend color space: Problem solved, where soft masks were properly excluded [CA1031288; FP50367]
• Checks
  • Added boolean operators to several Properties, which were not configurable before [FP68324]
  • Font is not valid: Issue fixed, where a font with an invalid array was not properly detected [CA1021489]
  • Font is not valid (strict): Issued fixed, where an incorrect version number in a font was not reported [CA1031294]
  • Include other Check: Problem solved, where a hit was created, although the included Checks did not fire [FP64716]
  • Problem solved, where generic setting “Ignore objects outside …” was no more regarded in certain cases [FP67735]
  • Problem solved, where a barcode was found randomly when different rasterization settings were used in separate Checks [FP68217]
  • Report PDF syntax issues: Issue fixed, where page description errors were not reported in certain cases [FP66631]
  • Text on page: Issue fixed, where specific text on page was not properly found [CA1029820]
• Actions
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where Compare.log was not listing all values correctly [FP67446]
  • ExtractContent: Issue fixed, where defined –pagerange was no longer respected [FP67801]
  • Impose: Problem solved, where processing failed in some rare cases [FP58059]
  • Impose: Tagging structure will be completely removed during processing [FP66353; FP68185]
  • JavaScript-based Impose: Issue fixed, where a defined clipping mode was not working as expected [FP68463]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where an embedded CFF font in a PostScript file caused an error in some cases [CA1028844]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where a corrupt font cache could cause a very high memory consumption when processing files [FP66235]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain CMYK JPEG images became inverted [FP49215; FP61916; FP67874]
• Process plans
  • Rename PDF: Problem solved, where created filenames were not consistent between CLI and Desktop [FP64920]
• General
  • Problem solved, where Variables used in JavaScript-based Checks were not properly respected if such a Check was referenced inside a Sifter Check [CA1031307]
  • Problem solved, where overwriting the input file with the resulting PDF could result into an error [CA1031328]
  • Issue fixed, where a defined –maxmemory could result into issues with font embedding in certain cases [FP67989]
  • Improved performance for certain Processing Steps related Checks based on “Print Surface”
  • Problems solved, where an inherited rotate entry was not properly handled in certain cases [FP66160; FP68060]
  • Issue fixed, where Black when used in a softmask (which do not render directly) was reported as an existing plate [CA1031269]
  • General review of internal logic for Checks (e.g. “Fire if any condition is met” and “Invert Check result” etc.)
• Variables
  • Problem solved, where results from a previous Fixup or Check step were not contained in app.doc.result [FP68018]
• Distributed processing
  • Issue fixed, where defining a pagerange was not properly handled [FP67515]
• License Server
  • Issue fixed, where no fallback to local licenses took place if IP addresses were not properly configured in the UI [FP67156]
• Reports
  • Quick Check: Issue fixed, where negative values of BBox positions had no leading zero [CA1031432; FP65789]
  • Quick Check: Problem solved, where a certain kind of inline image was not properly handled [CA1031265]
  • JSON: Problem solved, where hits for document properties directly requested in Profile settings were not reported [FP67658]
  • JSON: Fixed issue, where trigger values did not have a unique ID and therefore the context could be unclear
  • HTML-based template reports: Issue fixed, where some reports with additional views resulted in mixed pages for overview report [FP67546]
  • XSLT: Issue fixed, where creation without a defined output method resulted into an error [FP67662]
• CLI
  • Issue fixed, where a wrong return code was issued for invalid PDF, which resulted into false file handling in Server in some cases [FP67913]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3k)

Release date: 2022-01-07

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Editor for JavaScript-based runlists: Functionality to insert e.g. app.doc Variables added [FP66075]
• Extended Fixups
  • Convert colors using n-channel profile: New option to include softmasks [FP66248]
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink: New option to include softmasks [FP66248]
  • Convert colors using n-channel DeviceLink profiles: New option to include softmasks [FP66248]
• Actions
  • Extract dieline: Support for page selection added [CA1031166]
  • Split PDF: Added possibility to define multi packages to split expressions (e.g. “2×3,2×2”) [FP55574]
• Variables
  • Value of CLI parameter –jobid is now availabe as app.env.jobID object inside of JavaScript Variables [FP66816]
  • Ask-at-runtime: Custom templates can now also be defined for Process plans
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Reporting for “Plates” added [CA1030678]

• Desktop
  • Process plans: Problem solved, where a defined report template could be lost after re-saving in certain cases [FP66987]
  • Imposition: Issue fixed, where modified JavaScript-based runlists were not properly saved [FP66712; FP66936]
  • Standalone: Issue fixed, where the page size shown in the footer was not correct in some cases [FP66769; FP66769; CA1031143]
• Fixups
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Issue fixed, where Properties from the document, colors or page description area were not allowed in apply to filter Checks [FP48039]
  • Resolve ICCbased default color space into object color space: Issue fixed, where certain default color spaces were not resolved [FP67169]
  • Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where images inside page area could be affected in certain cases [FP64807; CA1031066]
  • Map colors: Problem solved, where RGB image data could be modified when mapping certain colorant combinations into into spot color [CA1026277; CA1031180]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where R=G=B areas in transparent RGB image became darker in special cases [FP65480]
  • Set MediaBox to origin: Issue fixed, where origin was not corrected in certain cases, when page box was swapped into negative area already [CA1030783]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where pure recompression without downsampling could result into improperly handled images in certain cases [FP66830]
  • Create an invisible text copy for all text: Issue fixed, where marked font was highlighted as a thin line in some PDF viewers (e.g. Chrome browser) [CA1030381]
• Checks
  • Report PDF syntax errors: Improved recognition for FormXObject using a Dict instead of a Stream (which could into RIP errors) [FP66839]
  • Image is not valid: Improved recognition for invalid /DecodeParams entries in streams [FP66753]
• Actions
  • Impose: Problem solved, where processing with a JavaScript-based runlist could result into an error [FP67000]
  • Impose: Problem solved where defined clip mode not respected [FP67122]
  • Impose: Fixed issue, where a rotation of 180 degrees were not properly regarded when using a JavaScript-based runlist [FP67128]
  • MergePDF: Issue fixed, where an AcroForm entries from merged PDFs were not properly maintained [CA1028474; CA1030338; CA1031087]
• General
  • Font handling: Problem solved, where some unusual referencing of resource dicts was not properly maintained and resulted in a visual difference [CA1031098]
  • File processing: Problem solved, where missing resources for Marked Content could result into visual differences certain cases [CA1030984]
• Reports
  • HTML-template based Reports: Problem solved, where the report could not be made fully localizable using a CustomDict [CA1031151]
  • HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where creating visualizer images via the manifest.xml was not successful anymore [FP66935]
  • HTML-template based Reports: Problem solved, where combination with Layer report did not work properly [FP66756]
  • XML: Issue fixed, where created report contained incomplete strings for certain Asian languages (e.g. Thai) [FP66790]
  • XML: Issue fixed, where creating a report resulted into an error if no trigger values existed due to inverted Check results [FP67026]

Release date: 2021-12-06

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where a Type 3 font was not properly handled in certain cases [FP66672]
• General
  • Problem solved, where processing of nested Process plans was not successful [CA1031142]

Release date: 2021-11-22

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 13 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 13 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • Place text: Problem solved, where a page label could not be derived from certain PDF structure [FP66621]
• Actions
  • Save As Image: Issue fixed, where rendering of PDFs with an extreme high number of spot colors resulted in a very long processing time [CA1030956]
  • Save As Image: Issue fixed, where processing a pixel size larger than 32.767 was not successful in certain cases [FP59980]
• General
  • Problem solved, where Variables in Fixups migrated from “Set page geometry box” into the new Fixup format were not properly handled

Release date: 2021-11-12

• An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 13, pdfToolbox CLI 13 or pdfToolbox SDK 13 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• Desktop
  • Edit Profiles: Defined Checks and Fixups from other Libraries can easily imported into the current Library while editing
  • Edit Fixups: Several editors for config files added
    • Create spot color place based on ink amount
    • Embed missing fonts
    • Adjust dot gain
  • Switchboard:
    • New:
      • Fonts: Unembed all fonts
      • Images: Resample to JPEG2000
    • Several editors for config files added
      • Arrange – Impose: Imposition scheme (runlist) and sheet configuration (sheetconfig)
      • Arrange: Page sizes
    • Layers – Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers
    • Pages – Generate bleed: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width for both mirroring methods
  • Process plan UI:
    • Added default values to several step types to facilitate the configuration
    • Several usability improvements like better visualisation of transitions, the possibility to save the current state in between [FP65534; FP65323]
    • Defined Profiles, Checks etc. from other Libraries can easily imported into the current Library while editing
  • A Quick Fix or Action can be directly exported as kfpx and will imported as a single step Process plan
  • Search all Libraries view: New option to import a Profile, Check etc. into the current Library via the menu
  • Delete Profiles/Process Plans with all their objects
  • Standalone: New marquee zoom functionality (CTRL + mouse)
• General
  • Unified concept for defining page areas to harmonize configuration possibilities in Checks and Fixups
    • Fixups:
      • Place Barcode
      • Create and apply shapes
      • Create links for text
      • Set page geometry boxes (“Set page geometry boxes (page box dimensions)” has been deprecated)
    • Properties:
      • Is in custom area
      • Barcode is in area
      • Effective ink coverage in custom area
      • Find Barcodes
      • Text on page
      • Shape definition
  • Page selector: Allows using multiple and mixed page expressions for various Checks, Fixups and Actions [FP61162]
  • Process plans
    • Create PDF copy: New option to create temporary copies, so that the copy is deleted after processing
    • Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (mm)
    • Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison
    • Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file)
    • Add Files: Support for page selector
    • Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers
    • New report type JSON added for all suitable transitions
    • Reports: Various new options like subfolders, suffix, ink coverage etc. can be defined depending on the respective report type
  • Variables
    • JavaScript Variables: Type of environment of script and homeDir available in app.env
    • Find barcode Check: Position of a Bar-/QR-Code is now supplied in result.checks.hits
• New and enhanced predefined Profiles and Process plans
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Generate 3 mm bleed (pixel repetition on pages with text objects close to Trimbox, else mirroring): BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width
  • Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content
    • Place individual text per page
• New Fixups
  • Remove empty layers
  • Upsample images|monochrome images [CA1030008]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert colors: Apply conversion for specified pages only
  • Downsample/compress … images: Additional sampling methods: Lanczos and BlackmanSinc [FP62635]
  • Place content: Identical layer names will become indexed, if initial visibility or Processing Steps metadata is different
  • Place Text / Place Barcode: New functionality to select font files (which will also be included in an exported Profile) or to a webfont
  • Create and apply shapes: Create separate vector stroke objects per found shape if “Reduce shape to outer borders” is active [CA1030088, FP65218]
  • Create links for text: Support for deriving the destination URL from the matching text [FP64301]
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixup: Enhanced handling for external resources [FP65525]
• New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Add links to URLs
    • Convert to B/W except first and last two pages
    • Upsample color and grayscale images to 300 ppi if below 225 ppi
    • Upsample bitmap images to 800 ppi if below 550 ppi
    • Downsample/compress … images: Change used method to Lanczos
    • Generate .. bleed: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width [FP64204]
  • Library: Shapes, Variables, JavaScript, Place content
    • Downsample/compress … images: Change method to Lanczos
    • “Place text / barcode”-based Fixups: Changed default font to NotoSans
    • Generate bleed by specified method: BleedBox will always be corrected based on the generated bleed width
• New predefined Actions
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • Resample images to JPEG2000
    • Unembed all fonts
• New Properties
  • General: Support for “Processing steps” added in Check sidebar
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Checks: Allows for using JavaScript structures to represent any available Property
  • Effective ink coverage – limit to custom area (to be combined with other “effective ink” Properties) [FP64412]
  • Sequential page number matches page selector
• Enhanced Properties
  • Line width: Lines with a width of “0” (which usually are displayed as 1 pixel lines) will now be taken into account
  • Text on page: Positions of found text made available in details of hits [FP65897]
  • Text on page: Optimized recognition of special glyphs like e.g. “.” (period) in the search term [FP64301]
• New predefined Checks
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency:
    • All pages except first and last two
• Actions
  • New:
    • Unembed all fonts
    • Resample to JPEG2000
    • Tiling by number
    • Tiling by size
    • Visualizer (safety zone)
    • Visualizer (gamut views)
    • Visualizer (small objects)
    • Visualizer (ink coverage)
    • Visualizer (separations)
    • Visualizer (image resolution)
  • Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (mm)
  • Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison
  • Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file)
  • Compare: Added optional logging functionality to enable access to details similar to those in the UI
  • Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers
  • ToPDF: Conversion of office files using OpenOffice/LibreOffice will maintain existing form fields [FP64501]
  • Impose: JavaScript based runlist
  • Impose: Shingling by scaling
  • Image export: Support for defining a custom box for rendering
  • Image export: Support for page selector
  • EPS export: Support for defining a custom box for cropping
  • EPS export: Support for page selector
  • Duplicate page: Support for page selector
• New Quick Fix
  • Re-order pages (with support for page selector)
  • Embed Output Intent on page level
  • Embed Output Intent with specified parameters [CA1030655]
  • Embed Output Intent with specified parameters on page level
  • Remove page level Output Intents
• Reports
  • New report type: JSON
• CLI
  • Predefined Profiles:
    • Downsample/compress … images: Change method to Lanczos
  • SaveAsImage: New optional parameter for parallel processes of page rendering (e.g. –parallel=8)
  • Quick Fix: A pre-configured quickfix.json sample has been added to the installation package
  • Compare: Support for threshold for contiguous areas (–contareathreshold)
  • Compare: Support for selecting Processing Steps types used for comparison (–processingsteps)
  • Compare: Support for page selector (separately for input and output file) (–pagerange_compare; –pagerange_input]
  • EnumerateProfiles: Support for Process plans
  • Profile execution: New report type JSON (–report=JSON)
  • Split layers: Improved support for Processing Steps layers(–processingstepsnames)
  • Pagerange supports page selector for Profile execution and suitable Actions [FP53004]
  • MaxMemory: Maximum size of memory in MB to be used during processing made available for Windows and Linux (–maxmemory) [FP64720]
• Improved file optimization to repair more issues in the PDF structure automatically [FP64269]
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.4.072)

• PDF Standards
  • PDF/A-1 conversion: Existing page scaling factors (UserUnit) will no longer be removed automatically [CA1030627]
  • PDF/A-1 validation: Check if size of MediaBox exceeds 14.400 pt in either direction [CA1030627]
• Desktop
  • Organize pages: Several usability improvements and optimized preview handling
  • Edit Fixups: Optimized update handling for displayed content based on selected pop-up entry
  • Page sizes: Relaxed behavior for invalid entries in the respective config file
  • Process plan editor: Available reports per sequence type reviewed and corrected
  • Update notification: Improved message for updates if no internet connection is available [FP64095]
  • Update notification: Direct link to release infos [FP65505]
  • Output preview: Problem solved, where determining the ink coverage resulted into an error with certain mouse positions [FP64857; FP65690]
  • Ask-at-runtime: Format of exported JSON for Variables harmonized to those created during logging execution
  • Switchboard – Decorate: Reviewed and optimized processing to improve duration
• Acrobat Plug-in
  • Problem solved, where the XMP Metadata explorer resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases
  • Issue fixed, where barcode detection could result in an improper behavior if search area was outside MediaBox [FP65597]
  • Visualizer functionality enabled
  • Issue fixed, where color mapping was not successful [FP65397]
• Process plan
  • Compare: Settings from compare step will be used for generated compare report
  • Compare report has been deprecated as report type for all step types except “Compare PDFs”
  • Problem solved, where imposition resulted in an unexpected result when a negative origin was used in some cases [CA1030783]
  • Rename PDF: Reviewed and optimized handling of filenames [FP64920]
  • Pick up PDF: Reviewed and optimized handling of files and filenames will be restored, if file has been renamed in previous step
• Fixups
  • Place content: Problem solved, where logging execution resulted into an invalid prepared profile if a Variable was used for referencing a template [FP65165]
  • Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where longer processing time could be observed compared to previous versions (MacOS + Linux only) [CA1030808]
  • Map colors: Issue fixed, where intermediate color values were not properly mapped, if other color pixels were in the same image [CA1030732]
  • Adjust or remove annotations: Problem solved, where flatten annotations resulted in a distorted result for some rare cases [FP53348; FP66047]
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where processing resulted in high memory consumption and long processing time in rare cases [FP65453]
  • Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where no ICC profile could be selected by using a path [FP64093 ]
• Checks
  • Text on page: Limited reported text in trigger values to matching string [FP64301; FP66007]
  • Find barcodes: Adjusted defaults for active Bar-/QR-Codes types
  • Find barcodes: Problem solved, where small QR-Codes were not found in some cases [FP65310]
  • ICC profile is not valid: Problem solved, where invalid ICC profiles was not properly detected if used in alternate colorspace in certain cases [FP65204]
  • Sifter-based Checks: Issue solved, where checking could result into an error in certain cases [FP65991]
• Actions
  • Compare: UserUnits will be taken into account for report type images
  • N-up and StepAndRepeat: Problem solved, where no page scaling factor (UserUnit) was inserted in resulting PDF if sheet size exceeded 14.400 pt [CA1030729]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where conversion failed for GIF if filename contains special characters (Windows only) [CA1030743]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where only a part of a RGB-TIFF with alpha channel was visible after conversion to PDF [CA1030581]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a certain TIFF could not be processed anymore [CA1030210]
• Quick Fix
  • Issue solved, where JSON configuration saved as UTF8 with BOM was not accepted [CA1030941]
• License Server
  • Issue fixed, where requesting an activation from a License Server without a matching cartridge took unnecessary long
• CLI
  • CreateCustomDict: Problem solved, where Checks from standard validations were not included in created XML [CA1030981]
  • Improved progress update when executing Process plans [FP65276]
  • SecurePDF: Adjusted usage to enable setting an open password:
    • Set open password (–openpassword)
    • Set permissions password (–password)
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Reporting for Default Color Spaces added
• General
  • Optimized font processing for TrueType fonts to avoid display issues in iOS 15 Preview [CA1030972]
  • General file processing: Problem solved, where glyphs are moved at the bottom in seldom cases [CA1030698]
  • Fixed issue, where processing (like PDF/A validation and conversion) had an increased duration compared to previous version [CA1030865]
  • Fixed issue, where Boolean values for Variables where not properly handled under certain circumstances [FP65194]

Release date: 2021-08-11

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• PDF Standards
  • PDF/A-1 conversion: Optimized handling of annotations to avoid unnecessary removal of AcroForm dictionary entries
• Fixups
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where a specified custom box was not properly handled if its size was bigger than the MediaBox [CA1030682]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where processing could become unstable under certain circumstances [CA1030768]
• Checks
  • Names of (process) plates / spot color plates: Issue fixed, where settings in lists were not properly handled [FP63968]
• Server
  • Problem solved, where processing could result in erratic interconnection errors on certain Windows installations [FP59756]

Release date: 2021-06-30

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• New Fixups
  • Resolve ICCbased default color spaces into object color spaces
• Actions
  • Save as image: Support for RGBA (RGB with transparency) for TIFF
  • Save as image: Support for GrayA (Gray with transparency) for PNG and TIFF [CA1030406]

• PDF Standards
  • PDF/A-1 conversion: Adjust or remove annotations: Setting for transparent objects extended to flatten those objects directly into page content [CA1028938; CA1030263]
• Predefined Process plans
  • Check and fix bleed: Minor adjustment to cover smooth shade objects [FP64367]
• Fixups
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where processing was hanging in some special cases [FP64608]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where file size increased if executed together with “Remove invisible image data” [CA1030417]
  • Generate bleed:
    • Problems solved, where bleed was not properly rendered for pages with UserUnits [CA1030575]
    • Problem solved, where objects on invisible layers were not ignored [CA1030382]
    • Issue fixed, where defined spot color was not excluded in certain cases for “mirror page objects” [CA1030462]
    • Problem solved, where bleed as mirrored page objects were not properly created for pages with UserUnits when “except spot” was used [CA1030575]
  • Set page scaling factor: Problem solved, where an already existing page scaling factor (UserUnit) was taken into account [CA1030600; FP64657]
  • Embed Output Intent with specified parameters: Issue fixed, where the ICC profile could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [FP64093]
  • Adjust dot gain: Issue fixed, where the .crv file could not be selected from the file system via a Variable in the Desktop version [CA1030395]
  • Map colors / Convert colors: Problem solved, where vector objects were converted in special cases, although not in scope [CA1030353; CA1030416; FP64549]
  • Scale pages: Adjusted handling of page scaling factors (UserUnits), which will now be set to 1 if the resulting size does not require this entry [FP63218]
  • Scale pages / Scale page content only: Added “Apply to” filter (e.g. for page ranges) and made multiple configurable [FP34704; FP46026; FP49227; FP53742; FP61585]
  • Spotify: Problem solved, where using the “Browse” button in the ask-at-runtime dialog for the spot color library resulted in an error
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Issue, fixed, where bookmark hierarchy was wrong after processing in certain cases
  • Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where spot color using indexed DeviceN with “None” colorants became invisible, although not in scope [FP63166]
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where processing resulted in an error if Type3 font was used in a certain manner [CA1030526]
  • Convert colors: Issue fixed, where transparency blend color space was tagged with ICC profile in certain cases, although not necessary [FP64476]
  • Set page geometry boxes (based on page content): Issue fixed, where TrimBox was not set correctly if UserUnits were used [FP64252]
  • Remove objects: Adjusted recognition for objects grouped by FormXObjects to ensure only objects used once are removed (e.g. if outside CropBox) [CA1029102; CA1029653]
  • Remove objects: Problem solved, where combined fill and stroke vector objects were not properly handled [CA1028805]
• Checks
  • Names of (process) plates / spot color plates: Issue fixed, where settings in lists were not properly handled [FP63968]
  • PDF/UA validation: Issue fixed, where a special, invalid PDF tagging structure could result in an unstable behavior [FP63578]
  • Object is invisible: Issue fixed, where an object was falsely flagged as invisible [FP51352; FP55212]
  • Ignore objects outside …: Issue solved, where clipped parts of objects were taken into account [FP64182]
  • Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Adjusted behavior of operators: “less than / less than or equal to” will ignore 0%, while “highest value is less than / highest value is less than or equal” will consider 0%
  • Find barcodes: Problem solved, where a barcode could not be found in certain cases [CA1030536]
• Process plans
  • Optimized execution of a generic post check as the last step only in cases when a report etc. is requested
• Actions
  • Place grommets: Issue solved, where an existing page scaling factor (user unit) was not taken into account [FP64130]
  • Impose: Support for setting a slot as an isolated transparency group setting during dynamic imposition [FP64882]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering to MultiChannel using the MediaBox resulted in a failure in some cases [CA1023759]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where rendering was not successful if a certain size was chosen [FP35113; FP60074; CA1030412]
  • QuickFix: Problem solved, where setting the page geometry boxes with 2 settings was not successful [FP64213; FP64503]
  • QuickCheck: Issue solved, where stopping processing after the defined timeout took rather long [CA1029997]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where certain structures in a TIFF file could result in extremely long processing time and an exhausting cache folder [CA1030656]
• Reports
  • PDF reports: Issue fixed, where highlighting did not use the correct colors for highlighting [FP60552; CA1030164]
• Desktop
  • Problem solved, where Checks could not be edited or created in the Japanese user interface [FP64730]
  • Ask-at-runtime: Import for Variables now supports variables.json created by log Profile execution [CA1029289]
• General
  • Problem solved, where the license request was not properly generated on certain machines (Windows only)
  • JavaScript Variables: Added “details” as available value to app.doc.result.checks.hits.triggers [CA1030453]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where Type 3 fonts were not properly handled in some cases [FP64478; FP64613]
• Plug-in
  • Problem solved, where installation of the Plug-in was not successful in some cases (Windows only) [FP64178]
  • Issue fixed, where an attempt was made to load the Plug-in in the Acrobat sandbox mode

Release date: 2021-04-23

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Checks
  • Number of hits in this check: Problem solved, where number of hits were not determined properly [CA1030410]
  • Include other check: Problem solved, where certain kind of nesting of Checks did not result in the expected hit [FP64080]
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where Form XObjects could result into an invalid result [FP64055; FP64048]

Release date: 2021-04-09

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• New Profiles
  • Library: PDF Standards
    • Convert to PDF/X-4 and PDF/A-2 (for Coated GRACoL 2006, Coated GRACoL 2013, ISO Coated v2, Japan Color 2001 (Coated), PSO Coated v3, US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
    • Convert to PDF/X-6 and PDF/A-4 (for Coated GRACoL 2006, Coated GRACoL 2013, ISO Coated v2, Japan Color 2001 (Coated), PSO Coated v3, US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
• Enhanced Profiles
  • Library: PDF Standards
    • Fix problems in PDF tagging structure: Fixup “Remove re-mapping of predefined tags” added
• Desktop
  • Plug-in: Support for 64bit Acrobat Pro on Windows (Desktop installer contain 32bit and 64 bit, separate Server installer containing either 32bit or 64bit Plug-in)
  • Process plan UI: Several improvements implemented, e.g. multi-selection, mouse gestures for scroll and zoom, easier selection of transitions for re-assignments
  • Test mode: Snap view added to show objects detected by a Check
  • Test mode: Diff view added which highlights areas with visual changes
• General
  • Ask-at-runtime for Variables: New options to control display of Variables in UI (app.context.steps, app.context.dialog. )
• New Fixups
  • Convert PDF internal names to UTF-8: Completely revised approach to correct invalid UTF-8 encodings (will also be used for respective font and spot color name Fixups) [CA1029930]
  • Convert colors using n-channel DeviceLink profiles [CA1030075]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Adjust or remove form fields: New option “Repair invalid form fields” to repair e.g. form fields with wrong BBox entries [FP62940]
• New Properties
  • Specified XMP property uses specified value: Detect XMP metadata values for Document Metadata + Object Metadata [FP24290; FP62427; CA1029984]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.3PlusP1m)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3f)

• PDF Standards
  • Validation for PDF/A-4..: Some minor adjustments (e.g. regarding valid entries in XMP “pdfaid:rev”)
  • Validation for PDF/X-5n: Issue fixed, where an ICC profile was marked as invalid, although compliant [CA1030278]
• Desktop
  • Organize pages: Several minor issues reviewed and optimized
  • Footer bar: Issue fixed, where displayed values for UserUnits were rounded to 1 digit (will list up to 6 digits now)
  • Standalone: Reviewed and improved scrolling behavior for track pads and similar devices (e.g. Apple MagicMouse) [FP56734]
  • Variables: Problem solved, where editing a locked Variable resulted in a locked situation [CA1030215]
• Process Plans
  • Action “Split or reorder”: Issue fixed, where the option “replace original” was not available [FP63819]
  • Issues fixed, where Variables in steps could not be created in some cases
  • Problem solved, where a “Rename step” in a Process plan triggered a wrong return code (now it will be “5”) [FP63837]
  • Problem solved, where Fixups (set to active via Variables) in a Profile were executed although Profile itself was set to “Do not apply Fixups” [FP63633]
  • Problem solved, where Variables in a Compare step were not properly handled or stored [CA1030245]
• Fixups
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where the “Apply to” filter was not properly respected and a wrong number of corrections were reported [FP61041; CA1029723]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Issue fixed, where softmasks were not properly handled in some cases [FP20263; FP58121]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where certain usage of softmask images could result in a visual change [FP61697]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where defined unit was not used for “Custom box” values [CA1030118]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where output was not properly created if MediaBox was set to maximum size already [CA1030285]
  • Make document XMP Metadata compliant with PDF/X-4: Problem solved, where certain image metadata could not be corrected [FP63577]
  • Set page zoom for bookmark destinations: Issue fixed, where processing resulted into another zoom behavior in certain cases
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Problem solved, where bookmarks were created for page breaks in some cases
  • Set text render mode: Problem solved, where stroke could not be generated if text was drawn with a pattern color space
  • Fix glyph width information: Problem solved, where text was shifted caused by wrong types defined in used CID font [FP63217]
• Checks
  • Image not valid: Problem solved, where certain invalid JPEG image streams were not detected [FP62943]
  • Effective ink coverage for separated plates: Issue fixed, where the combination of inverted and normal Checks resulted in an error [CA1030028]
  • Number of Output Intent entries: Issue fixed, where processing could result into an error [FP63404]
  • Place content: Issue fixed, where placed content of PDF was cropped at the TrimBox [FP62628]
• Actions
  • Overlay: Corrected default behavior for –placebelow: the input file name will be used for the naming of resulting file and contained number of pages
  • Overlay: Issue fixed, where page scaling factors in PDFs were not properly respected
  • Fill page: Issue fixed, where a minimal bigger size of A4 caused problems when placing 2 pages on an A3 sheet [FP58700]
• License Server
  • Issue fixed, where option –timeout_licenseserver did not count the time correctly [FP60957]
  • Issue fixed, where an invalid IP for a License Server caused in a complete failure for using other License Server [FP63028]
• Actions
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where a certain use of a default color space was not properly reported [CA1030297]
  • QuickCheck: Added “PieceInfo” to $.aggregated to enable easier access to certain data structures [FP63167]
  • SaveAsImage: Issue fixed, where contours in images were created with rough edges for higher resolutions [FP63377]
  • SaveAsImage: ArtBox is now available as area for –pagebox
  • SaveAsImage: Syntax of –pagerange extended to support a selection of pages or operators like “-1” (similar syntax like e.g. in SplitPDF“) [CA1030081]
  • SaveAsImage: New option to exclude all Processing Steps: –excludeprocessingsteps
  • Visualizer: New option for all modes to exclude all Processing Steps: –excludeprocessingsteps
  • Visualizer: Problem solved, where single channel (gray) images or PDF files could not be created
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain EPS structures could result into a blank PDF [CA1028511; CA1030147]
  • CreateEPS: Support for page box and page area selection [CA1030214]
  • Impose: Problem solved, where “Page scaling factors” (UserUnits) were not properly regarded [FP63359]
  • Compare: Changed default behavior: only overlapping areas of documents will be compared [CA1029783]
  • Overlay: Issue fixed, where a UserUnit entry was not respected for overlay PDFs [FP62878]
• Reports
  • XML: Issue fixed, where values for UserUnit and page geometry boxes were rounded to 1 or 3 digits (will list up to 6 digits now) [CA1030292]
  • XML: Changed default INKCOV resolution to 10ppi (can be adjusted when using the CLI) [CA1030249]
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where no compare report was created when only checks were executed [CA1030339]
• CLI
  • Issue fixed, where reporting was insufficient if defined –pagerange started outside of the number of pages of the document [CA1030254]
  • Problem solved, where incorrect data types for Variables were not rejected and processing was reported as successful [CA1029991]
• General
  • Issue fixed, where a certain invalid image stream resulted in endless analysis [FP61362]
  • Problem solved, where a RegEx back-reference in a destination string was not properly handled anymore [FP63829]

Release date: 2021-02-19

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• General
  • Removed not needed X11 and GTK shared library dependencies (Linux only) [FP63156; CA1030042]

Release date: 2021-02-04

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• General
  • Problem solved, where “Place content”-based Fixups + HTML-based Template reports could not be created (MacOS only)

Release date: 2021-01-29

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 12 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 12 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• New predefined Profiles
  • Convert to PDF/X-1a (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
  • Convert to PDF/X-3 (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
  • Convert to PDF/X-4 (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
  • Convert to PDF/X-6 (US Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
• New Fixup
  • Remove color space from transparency group entries
• Extended Fixups
  • Map spot and process colors: New option to define a spot color tint value [CA1029943]
  • Set rendering mode for text: New options: “Line width for stroke” and “Line join for stroke”
  • Convert page content into image: New option: “Keep text as clipped images (uses original fonts)”
• New Properties
  • Objects close to each other (Sifter based)
  • Number of nodes on page [CA1030013]
• Extended Properties
  • Effective ink coverage: based Properties: New operators “highest/lowest value lower/greater than” [FP62651]
• Desktop
  • Process plan UI: Several improvements (e.g. editing Variables in Actions, auto-scroll when drawing a transition, usage for Actions etc.)
  • Process plans can now also be set to hidden in list of Profiles [FP61460]
  • Variables: Improved handling when “Esc” is pressed during editing [FP61829]
• Actions
  • Page scaling factors (UserUnits) are now taken into account
• Extended Actions in Process plans
  • Compare PDF: Area threshold to define minimum area with differences required to generate a hit
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.3.070)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3e)

• Desktop
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where custom values were not remembered [CA1022451]
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where a page scaling factor (UserUnits) was not properly taken into account in certain cases
  • Object inspector: Issue fixed, where a page scaling factor (UserUnits) was not taken into account for some object details in some cases
  • Switchboard: Extract dieline: Support Variables in Checks added [FP62200]
  • Export Profiles for previous version: Adjustments to fix some backward compatibility issues [FP62307]
  • Testmode: Issue fixed, where a Process plan in a Process plan resulted in an error warning in some cases [FP62427; FP62570]
  • Problem solved, where editing a Fixup from within a Process plan could results into an unstable behavior or mixed display of entered text [FP62866]
• PDF Standards
  • Validation for PDF/A-4.. and PDF/X-6..: Some minor adjustments to clarify reporting
  • Convert to PDF/A-4e: Adjusted handling for annotations to avoid removal of 3D annotations [CA1030074]
• Process Plans
  • Actions: Issue fixed, where negative values for e.g. offsets were not properly handled [FP62549]
  • Actions: Issue fixed, where no Pop-up for simulation profile was available for Image export [FP62308]
  • Actions: Problem solved, where input values of page numbering were not interpreted as expected (e.g. “First page” had to be “0”, now it is “1”)
  • User interface: Issue fixed, where selected zoom was not kept when the window was resized [FP62751]
  • Reports: Issue fixed, where the report type “PDF overview” could not be selected multiple times per setting
  • Actions + QuickFix: Issue fixed, where the “More details” button created an error message in non-English environments [FP62550; FP62658]
• Fixups
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where using the “Upsampling” algorithm created corrupt images [FP32839; CA1030008]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where result contained corrupt images in certain cases [FP59623]
  • Repair invalid bookmark hierarchies: Problem solved, where bookmark destinations were changed in certain cases [CA1030041]
  • Insert pages: Problem solved, where a missing “Resource” dict resulted in issues in other processing applications [FP62852]
  • Set page geometry boxes: Issue fixed, where the generic even/odd page filter did not work properly [FP62428]
  • Condense into single spot color: Problem solved, where specified color was removed from the PDF in certain cases [FP61492]
  • Create links for text: Issue fixed, where processing could lead to a high memory consumption in certain cases
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Fixed issue, where invisible text was not properly placed on rotated pages in some cases
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where result was not as expected when “Convert colors using DeviceLink profiles” was also included in the same Profile [CA1029280; FP60335]
  • Convert spot color names to UTF-8: Problem solved, where conversion did not work as expected in some cases [FP60511]
• Checks
  • Find barcodes:
    • Issue fixed, where “PDF 417” barcodes were seldom detected
    • Problem solved, where barcodes with the symbology “RSS Expanded” were not properly detected
    • Issue fixed, where “Bar Width Reduction” measurements did not match the expected values [CA1029932]
    • Issue fixed, where wrong bounding box for “EAN 13 + 2” was reported
    • Optimized reporting if multiple barcode properties are combined in a Check to avoid unnecessary redundancy in reporting
    • Issue fixed, where a barcode check did not derived a proper result anymore [FP62402]
  • Text on page: Issue fixed, where RegEx icon was missing [FP62840]
  • Text on page: Problem solved, where some operators were not properly handled [FP62839]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where a Type0 fonts sharing the same CID font was not properly handled [CA1029907]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where processing certain Type3 fonts could cause font issues in the PDF [CA1029470]
• Actions
  • ToPDF
    • PostScript:
      • Problem solved, where conversion with raster images resulted in random performance issue on Windows [CA1027172}
      • Problem solved, where no ToUnicode was inserted when an Identity-V CMap was used [CA1027909]
      • Issue fixed, where a Font was replaced with Courier although the font was available in rare cases [CA1028521]
      • Issue fixed, where processing was not successful with a certain PS file [CA1028445]
  • Compare PDF: Issue fixed, where a compare report wasn’t created in a Process plan step
  • Overlay: Issue fixed, where handling of Variables wasn’t correct
• Reports
  • Problem solved, where creating a custom HTML template report from a Process plan step failed [CA1029852]
  • Quick Check: Problem solved, where certain type of inverted requests in the config file took unexpected long with complex PDFs [FP61985]
  • HTML-template based Reports: Issue fixed, where certain kind of expressions in the manifest.xml where not properly interpreted [FP62857]
• CLI
  • –logexecution: Issue fixed, where Variables in a Profile could caused in an error 1000 [FP62884]
  • –logexecution: Issue fixed, where Process.log listed unnecessary errors for Variables of different types [FP58289]
• General
  • Problem solved, where a PDF with invalid marked content definition could not be processed anymore after layer were added [CA1029914]
  • Compare: Corrected return/error code when used as Process plan step [FP62851]
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where the return/error code was not correct if input file does not exist [FP62825]
  • Problem solved, where MacOS version info was not correct reported for MacOS BigSur [FP62551]
  • Problem solved, where a PDF file couldn’t be converted to PDF/A-1b without APDFL optimization [CA1030022]

Release date: 2020-11-24

• An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 12, pdfToolbox CLI 12 or pdfToolbox SDK 12 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• PDF/X-6 Support
• PDF/A-4 Support
• PDF/VT-3 Support
• QuickFix Perform high-performance corrections as CLI action or as Process plan step
  • Adjust page tree
  • Adjust spot colors
  • Apply Rotate key
  • Auto-correct page geometry boxes
  • Duplicate pages
  • Embed Output Intent
  • Enlarge pages
  • Flip pages
  • Inject DPart
  • Insert empty pages
  • JavaScript based configurations
  • Merge spot colors
  • Remove all Output Intents
  • Remove pages
  • Remove page geometry boxes
  • Rename spot colors
  • Rotate pages
  • Scale page content only
  • Scale pages
  • Set MediaBox to origin
  • Set layer visibility
  • Set page geometry box
  • Set page geometry box by dimensions
  • Set Processing Steps metadata for layer
• Desktop
  • Actions for Process plans can now be created and edited directly using a new user interface
  • Listing of page geometry boxes in separate Pop-up in page size display in footer
  • Visualizer: Heatmap views for ink coverage below/above per separation
  • Visualizer: Heatmap views for out of gamut comparison
  • Visualizer: Page border/Bleed area views: merged into one new view, where security width can be adjusted
  • Compare: New comparison methods “Delta E” and “Delta C” (both for 1976 and 2000 specifications)
  • Compare: Resolution and navigation keys added along with zoom functionality [FP25739; FP30051; FP32420]
  • Optimization of PDFs when saved can now be adjusted in the user preferences
  • License Server: Settings for Server can now be defined in the user interface
  • New “Free tools” in Standalone, which can be used without activation
  • Export Profiles for a previous pdfToolbox version
• Process plans
  • New step type “Add files” for adding additional documents as file attachments to the PDF
  • New step type “Compare PDFs” which allows an automated comparison of files (based on rendered pages)
  • New “QuickFix” for performing high-performance corrections are available as new step type
• General
  • Page scaling factors (UserUnits) are now taken into account for all reported values (e.g. text sizes, line widths, image resolutions, …) [FP26307; FP51807; FP56594; CA1028939; FP57968; FP58614]
  • Optimization of PDF structure when saved will no longer optimize fonts
• New Profiles and Process plans
  • Library: PDF Standards
    • Convert to PDF/A-4, A-4e, A-4f (without fallback conversion)
    • Convert to PDF/X-6 (for Coated GRACoL 2006, Coated GRACoL 2013, ISO Coated v2, Japan Color 2001 (Coated), PSO Coated v3)
    • Convert to PDF/X-1a, X-4, X-6 (Coated GRACoL 2013)
    • Verify compliance with PDF/A-4, A-4e, A-4f
    • Verify compliance with PDF/X-6, X-6n, X-6p
    • Verify compliance with PDF/VT-3
    • PDF/A-2u: Outline non-Unicode text if it is below specified share of all text
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency
    • Create DPart record information from headings
    • White underlay for print content on transparent foil
    • White underlay for print content on transparent foil (with bleed)
• Enhanced Profiles and Process plans
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency
    • Check and fix bleed
• New Fixups
  • Create spot color page based on ink amount: Creates a spot colored image on top of the current page content based on the ink amount
  • Arbitrary JavaScript controlled Fixups: Allows for using JSON structures to select and parameterize any available Fixup
  • Set color: Changes the color for all identified objects
  • Create invisible text via OCR: Pages are rendered internally and an OCR is performed (languages installed by default: English and German), more information: https://ocr.callassoftware.com
  • Create links for text: Sets a link to a specified URL at each text object which matches the defined string
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Generate bleed at page edges: New method “stretch border area”, which is using page content to create a un-proportional stretched image for the created bleed
  • Generate bleed at page edges: New sub dialog for all geometrical settings
  • All Fixups are now taking page scaling factors into account automatically, the option “Factor in scaling factor” has therefore been removed
  • Convert page content into image: New option to filter objects, which shall not be used for rendering
  • Fixups setting page geometry boxes: MediaBox is set to 0/0 by default now [FP45010]
• New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency
    • Convert gray CMYK images to grayscale
    • Convert gray RGB images to grayscale
    • Make rich black
    • Generate 3mm bleed by stretching border area
    • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (Coated GRACoL 2013)
    • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2013 (convert spot colors to CMYK)
    • Convert color to Coated GRACoL 2013 (keep spot colors)
    • Embed Output Intent Coated GRACoL 2013
    • Set Overprint Mode for ICCbased CMYK to 0
  • Library: PDF Standards
    • Make invisible text via OCR
• New Properties
  • General: Support for “Output Intent Scope” added in Check sidebar (PDF 2.0 feature)
  • Several new Properties for page box dimensions containing all units (old, separate Properties per value will become converted into the new ones)
  • Content stream size of page + Content stream size of most complex page: Determine stream sizes of pages or find the page with the largest size
  • Several new and modified Properties for PDF/X-6, PDF/A-4 and PDF/VT-3 (some with new PDF 2.0 features)
  • Has Processing Steps metadata
  • Find barcodes: Identifies any number of barcodes or matrix codes in specified area
  • Size of stroked vector object [FP61233]
• Enhanced Properties
  • All Checks are now taking page scaling factors into account automatically, the option “Factor in scaling factor” has therefore been removed
• New and enhanced predefined Checks
  • Library: PDF Standards
    • Uses ICCbased CMYK: Adjusted settings
    • Text objects that cannot be mapped to Unicode
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency
    • Object uses black only
    • Uses ICCbased CMYK
    • Gray CMYK images using CMY with 2% tolerance
    • Gray RGB images with 2% tolerance
• New and predefined QuickFixes
  • Library: Prepress, Color and Transparency
    • Apply rotate key
    • Duplicate all pages
    • Embed Output Intent PSO Coated v3 (ECI)
    • Embed Output Intent US Web Coated
    • Inject PDF/VT DPart data (blocks of 4 pages)
    • Insert empty page after each page
    • Remove all Output Intents
    • Rotate pages by 90 degrees counter-clockwise
    • Scale pages to A4
    • Set MediaBox to origin
    • Set Processing Steps metadata for layer
• New in Switchboard
  • PDF Standards: PDF/X-6
  • Text: OCR
  • Large format printing: Pole banner to create certain kinds of hemstitch banner
• Actions
  • QuickFix: Perform several high-performance corrections (available on CLI and as Process plan step)
  • Compare: New comparison methods “Delta E” and “Delta C” (both for 1976 and 2000 specifications)
  • Visualizer: Heatmap views for ink coverage below/above per separation
  • Visualizer: Heatmap views for out of gamut comparison
  • Visualizer: Default output format is now images, PDF report has been deprecated
  • Visualizer: Page border/Bleed area views: merged into one new view, where security width can be adjusted
• Reports
  • XML: New structure for triggers in the reports: they will now be listed as “value” and (if useful) as additional “detail”
  • XML: New listing of “effective” page box dimensions, which include existing page scaling factors
  • XML: New listing of several barcode or matrix codes details when barcode-related Property has been executed
• Server
  • Reports in Server: Possibility to select templates for overview reports per severity added [FP60229]
• CLI
  • Extract dieline: The CropBox will be used for resulting dimension and new option –pagebox for selecting another box [CA1029822]
  • QuickFix: Perform several high-performance corrections (–quickfix)
  • Reports: New option to define a “suffix” for created reports (suffix=…) [FP60229]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v18.0.3PlusP1c)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.2.068)

• Enhanced Profiles
  • Verify compliance with PDF/X-4..: XMP metadata attached to the content stream via marked content is now also taken into account
  • Verify compliance with PDF/A-2..: XMP metadata attached to the content stream via marked content is now also taken into account [FP46416; CA1028118]
  • Verify compliance with ZUGFeRD: Adjusted schema file [CA1029819]
• Fixups
  • Flatten transparency (and overprint)
    • Problem solved, where processing resulted into a color shift caused by a RGB object above a CMYK image [CA1029728]
    • Problem solved, where ICC profile was removed from OutputIntent [CA1029138]
    • Issue fixed, where processing resulted in a thicker glyph in certain cases [FP51872]
    • Issue fixed, where flattening caused distorted glyphs in some cases [FP28547]
    • Problem solved, where an unexpected color shift occurred, when ICC v4 profile was used [CA1029182]
    • Problem solved, where opening the flattened file resulted in warnings for font widths or missing glyphs in some PDF viewers [FP55011]
    • Issue fixed, where drop shadows were not handled properly in certain cases [CA1029118]
    • Problem solved, where processing resulted in modified page appearance in some cases [FP60056]
    • Problem solved, where flattening wasn’t successful and the resulting PDF could not be opened [CA1029034]
    • Issue fixed, where processing resulted in an empty page with a specific PDF [FP60081]
    • Problem solved, where flattening with fix glyph width information resulted in removed objects [FP27742]
    • Issue fixed, where repair invalid ToUnicode values and flattening resulted in a FixFailure for flattening [FP30167]
    • Problem solved, where flattening and optimization resulted in duplicated text elements [CA1028240]
  • Convert spot color names to UTF-8: Several improvements for better handling of special characters (e.g. Umlauts) and encodings [CA1029140]
  • Scale pages: When pages with page scaling factor are scaled to a value below the maximum page size the scaling factor (UserUnits) will now be removed [FP57818; FP58614]
  • Convert colors: Improved handling for ICC profile names containing characters like “*” (Windows only) [FP60771]
  • Downsample/recompress images: Problem solved, where images became modified [FP61697]
  • Font embedding: Problem solved, where embedding of “MS Mincho” font resulted in Identity encoding issues [CA1029651]
  • General font processing: Issue fixed, where simple encoding was added to CID fonts, although not necessary [CA1029588]
  • Map spot and process colors: Adjusted interpretation of RegEx to avoid creation of doubled names [FP59771]
  • Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where spot color names were not properly corrected when RegEx was used (Linux Only) [FP60489; FP60438]
  • Remove annotations: Problem solved, where removal was not successful, if boxes were set beforehand in same Profile [FP61063]
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where Asian and other non-latin glyphs were not properly handled [FP61242]
  • All “Set page geometry boxes”-Fixups: Optimized handling of setting “All” in “Apply to:” to increase processing speed [CA1029145]
• Checks
  • Effective ink coverage Properties: Improved detection for low ink coverage (e.g. less than 5%)
  • Set overprint and knockout: Issue fixed, where generic filter for “smooth shades” did not work properly [FP61979]
  • General file analysis: Problem solved, where invalid image data could result into a hanging process for specific PDFs [CA1029321; CA1029749; CA1029788]
  • Sifter-based Properties: Issue fixed, where transparency softmasks were not taken into account for visibility or obliteration [FP58394]
• Actions
  • MergePDF: Problem solved, where checkboxes in forms were removed [FP29681]
  • ToPDF: Enhanced handling for certain alert window in MS Visio [CA1029664]
  • Overlay : Issue fixed, where page scaling factors in PDFs were not properly respected
  • QuickCheck: Several smaller listing issues fixed
  • Split at mark: Problem solved, where the original PDF became modified
  • Extract dieline: Issue fixed, where wrong unit was used for creation [FP61642]
  • Extract dieline: Issue fixed, where <doctype> for SVG was not properly defined and inline tracing comments included [FP60382]
• Desktop
  • Layer Explorer: Improved rendering behavior when selecting and un-selecting layers
  • Libraries: “Essentials” removed and “Prepress” set as default Library
  • Bookmarks pane: Issue fixed, where content was not updated after Fixup execution
  • General display of pages: Reviewed highlighting of page geometry boxes in zoom mode
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where “Start quick change” did not respected view and zoom level [FP61446]
  • Issue fixed, where import or export Profiles did not remember the last used folder [FP60374]
• Distributed processing
  • Issue fixed, where report templates were not properly transferred to the Satellite in some cases
• Reports
  • Quick Check: Issue fixed, where entries for transparency groups on page level were not properly reported [FP60698]
  • XML: Issue fixed, where report listed invalid plate names (Linux Only) [FP60489]
• General
  • Issue fixed, where file structure optimization resulted into an error with certain files [FP60028]
  • Issue fixed, where a Process plan step was not executed under certain circumstances [FP60986]
  • Problem solved, where post-processing after a DeviceLink conversion resulted in an error [FP47826]
  • Problem solved, where post-processing resulted in moved glyphs with a specific file [CA1026282]
  • Issue fixed, where post-processing took quite long on Linux and MacOS compared to Windows [FP55096]
  • Problem solved, where certain glyph optimization of flattened file resulted in damages content [CA1023107; CA1024019; CA1028839; FP27480]
  • Office conversion: External application changed to LibreOffice or OpenOffice on MacOS (MS Office no longer available) [FP60779]

Release date: 2020-07-01

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 11 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 11 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • Map spot and process colors using script variables: Issue fixed, where Fixup did not work properly [CA1029385, FP60291]
  • Create and apply shapes: Problem solved, where using a page-range Check via “Include other Check” resulted in an improper result [FP59766]
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where “suppress rendering outside shape” caused an invalid result in certain cases [FP59897]
  • Subset fonts: Problem solved, where glyph became invisible in some special cases for Type 1 Simple fonts [FP26748; FP36978; FP59430]
  • Conversion to PDF/A: General font handling: Fonts will be converted to CFF in most cases for non-symbolic TrueType fonts to avoid several issues in post processing [CA1029282]
  • Conversion to PDF/A: Issue fixed, where annotations were not properly handled in certain cases [CA1029390]
• Checks
  • Problem solved, where combined “Include other Check” Properties with “Fire if any condition is met” didn’t work properly, e.g. when used in a Fixup [FP59870; FP60064, FP57904; FP59766]
  • Problem solved, where a combination of 2 “Include other Check” Properties did not find the intersection of both Checks [FP57904; FP59870]
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a random unstable behavior during conversion of PostScript occurred (Windows only) [CA1028342]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where a defined bounding box in PostScript was not honored properly [CA1028811]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where TIFF images with certain layer configurations from Photoshop were not properly converted [CA1029386]
  • ToPDF: Improved handling for multiple, parallel executed LibreOffice conversions [CA1029433 CA1029224]
  • ToPDF: Improve handling of SVG files without explicitly defined page size (viewBox is used if existing) [FP53757; FP60300]
  • Extract dieline: Moved “transformation matrix” into a SVG group element to ensure compatibility with older devices [FP60217]
• Desktop
  • Process plan: Issue fixed, where “Rename PDF” if used as last step lost its transition to the “End” [FP59983]
  • Profile import: Issue fixed, where a hash error was displayed, although not necessary [FP60018]
• CLI
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where a –topdf_parameter had to be written in upper case [CA1029391]
  • Profile processing: Improved error handling for certain processing issues (CLI and SDK only) [CA1029390]
• Reports
  • XML: Problem solved, where XML version 1 and text reports were not created [CA1029383]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3c)

Release date: 2020-05-19

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 11 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 11 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• General
  • Process Plans: Support for HTML-based template reports in Process Plan steps
  • Support for ZUGFeRD 2.1
• New Fixup
  • Remove separations: Removes objects in the specified separations, but keeps the effects of the objects in the remaining separations [CA1029073]
• Desktop
  • Standalone: New zoom functionality, page navigation and unit selector for page dimensions in footer
  • Variables: JavaScript-Editor with enhanced functionalities like highlighting of errors for exceptions during script evaluation
  • Impose: Text-based logging/debugging function for testing of imposition schemes
  • Split or reorder: New option “Replace original” for Actions using “Merge again” to replace original input file in Process Plans [FP52850]
• New Action
  • New –addbookmark option to add a bookmark structure from a XML file
• Distributed Processing
  • Support for files sizes larger than 4 GB [FP59049]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP7d)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.2.066)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP3a)

• Desktop
  • Visualization of tagging structure as HTML: Issue fixed, where URLs starting with “https:” were extended with “http:” [CA1029313]
  • Reviewed and revised handling of window tiling, page zooming and the compare mode
  • Improved behavior and new logging functionality for cases when a Library contained invalid references [FP59002]
  • Ask-at-runtime for Variables: Revised and improved error handling [FP58831]
  • Process Plans: Problem solved, where new user interface for creating and editing Process Plans did not work properly in Acrobat Plug-In using MacOS
  • Process Plans: Issue fixed, where a password could not be pasted into respective field [FP58794]
  • Problem solved, where Chinese language was no more available using Windows [FP58443]
  • Layer explorer: Issue fixed, where usage of Layer settings resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP58027]
  • Manage Libraries: Problem solved, where a Profile could not be added into a newly created Library [CA1027535]
• PDF Standards
  • All PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 conversions: Added Fixups “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” and “Convert font names to UTF-8” to ensure conversion
  • All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 conversions: Added Fixups “Convert spot color names to UTF-8” and “Convert font names to UTF-8” to ensure conversion
  • All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 conversions: Added Fixup “Fix glyph width information” [CA1029105]
  • All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 conversions: Issue fixed, where a mismatch of the Creation date caused by invalid entries in DocInfo and XMP was not repaired [FP53968]
  • All PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 validations: Adjusted recognition of JPEG 2000 images using more than 1 color space [FP53585]
• Enhanced Profiles
  • All “GWG 2015”-based Profiles: Removed Custom Fixup “Fix glyph width information” (is part of PDF/X-4 conversion now)
  • All “Digital printing” Profiles: Checks for “White object is not set to knock out” adjusted to ignore registration color [FP58849]
• Enhanced Process Plans
  • Check and fix bleed: Issue solved, where bleed for facing pages was not properly determined
• Fixups
  • Flatten annotations and form fields: Completely reviewed and revised integration to solve several issues [CA1022908; FP54968; FP57888]
  • Prepare annotations for PDF/A-2: Issue fixed, where annotations with no defined size got a size entry [CA1029035; CA1028573]
  • Place content: Problem solved, where certain special characters in the kfpx or template file name resulted into an error (Linux only) [FP59599]
  • Place content: Issue fixed, where positioned PDFs were losing contained link annotations [CA1028214]
  • Discard hidden layer and flatten visible layers: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in missing resource in certain cases [CA1025441; FP59567]
  • Put objects on layer:
    • Issue solved, where unmatched operators in contents stream could be created under certain circumstances
    • Issue fixed, where separating objects did not work for imposed PDFs [CA1025261]
    • Problem solved, where processing resulted in an unnecessary complex and big file in certain cases [CA1029073]
  • Extract spot colors from DeviceN one by one:
    • Problem solved, where objects vanished in specific cases, e.g. with filled vector objects, using a SmoothShade as Pattern [CA1028305; CA1028620]
    • Problem solved, where processing took rather long on a certain, quite simple file [CA1028305]
    • Problem solved, where resulting file had a high increase in file size in certain cases [CA1029152]
  • Extract all colors from DeviceN one by one: Problem solved, where resulting file has missing objects in certain cases
  • Set page geometry boxes (page box dimensions): Issue fixed, where UserUnit was changed to a whole number but the dimension was changed for the first setting only [CA1028467]
  • Create and apply shapes:
    • Problem solved, where sharp angles could result in unnecessarily long pinnacles [CA1029213]
    • Problem solved, where deriving shapes from certain kinds of vector objects did not work properly [FP55279]
    • Issue fixed, where similar inside/outside settings for page boxes resulted in different results [FP55598]
    • Problem solved, where “reduce to outer borders” triggered the creation additional unnecessary lines [FP54492; FP55279]
    • Problem solved, where page scaling factor (“user units”) were not taken into account [CA1029154]
  • Create bleed for irregular shapes: Issue fixed, where shape was not properly created for contours with very sharp angles [CA1029122]
  • Create bleed for irregular shapes: Problem solved, where spot alternates of created bleed were different than the original spot color [CA1028962]
  • Outline page geometry boxes: Problem solved, where page scaling factor (“user units”) were not taken into account [CA1029154]
  • Create content entry for link annotations: Issue fixed, where TOC bookmarks were not regarded for creation [FP58469]
  • Flatten transparency:
    • Problem fixed, where certain glyphs became corrupted and an error warning occurred in PDF viewers [FP56785]
    • Problem fixed, where outlined text became malformed if file was imposed afterwards [FP27204]
  • Create bleed by upscaling: Problem solved, where page scaling factor (“user units”) were not taken into account [CA1029154]
  • Remove invisible image data: Problem solved, where images were not handled properly in certain cases [FP55921; CA1028998; FP58231; FP27921]
  • Remove XMP Metadata compliant with PDF/X-4: Issue fixed, where removal was not successful in some cases [FP57149; FP58137]
  • Set overprint and knockout: Problem solved, where Smooth Shades were converted with default filters (e.g. for text) [FP54135]
  • Font processing: Issue fixed, where font embedding failed on a system with non-latin characters [CA1028656]
  • Font processing: Problem solved, where conversion resulted into an invalid 2-Byte value entry in bfrange in certain cases [CA1029174]
  • Embed missing fonts: Problem solved, where processing resulted into shifted glyphs in special cases [CA1028940]
  • Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in shrunken capital glyphs with specific font [CA1028989]
  • Set line width: Added inch as possible unit [CA1029039]
  • Convert colors: Issue fixed, where advanced settings were not shown, if Profile was exported from Preflight [FP55987]
  • Convert spot color names to UTF-8: Reviewed and improved handling of non-compliant spot color names with umlauts [CA1029140]
  • Convert colors using n-channel: Issue fixed, where ICC profile was not shown in edit dialog, when the ICC profile had no description [FP57843]
  • Convert font names to UTF-8: Problem solved, where invalid UTF-8 names were not repaired in certain cases [FP52034]
• Checks
  • Sifter-based Properties:
    • Issue solved, where stacking of objects was not properly derived in certain cases [CA1028919]
    • Issue solved, where logging the execution resulted in an unstable behavior (MacOS only) [FP53306]
    • Problem fixed, where analysis took very long under certain circumstances [FP57033]
    • Issued solved, where some thin lines were not properly detected [FP50812]
    • Problem solved, where certain complex Vector objects where not properly classified regarding the overlapping of page boxes [CA1029034]
  • Issue fixed, where Processing Steps objects were not properly detected when part of a Form XObject [FP55706; CA1029073]
• Actions
  • ToPDF:
    • Images:
      • Support for TIFF using 16Bit with Big Endian [FP55012; FP57008]
      • Problem solved, where certain PSD files resulted into an invalid PDF [CA1028898]
    • Office:
      • New –topdf_parameter “NoBitmapMissingFonts” for MS Office, which do not rasterize fonts if embedding is not possible (fonts will be substituted by another font then) [FP44692]
      • New –topdf_parameter “CSV_IMPORT” for LibreOffice to define field separator, text delimiter and character set (as ASCII values) for CVS file import [CA1029054]
      • Problem solved, where office conversion wasn’t successful on Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1 64bit [CA1029298]
      • Issue fixed, where conversion in MS Excel failed due to missing external pivot sources [CA1029253]
      • Issue fixed, where an Excel file could not be converted when –topdf_useexcelpagelayout was used (caused by empty pages) [CA1029061]
      • Problem solved, where office conversion failed due to a missing .dll file [FP57863; FP59621]
      • Issue fixed, where a Unicode encoded string indicating an error from Office was not properly displayed in the STDOUT (e.g. on a Japanese system) [CA1029175]
    • PostScript:
      • Problem solved, where processing was not successful randomly when converting PostScript to PDF (Windows only) [CA1028903; CA1029121]
      • Problem solved, where Chinese, Japanese and Korean fonts were not properly handled in certain cases (might affect conversion of PostScript files which extract internal resources during processing like reported by [CA1027902]) [CA1029251]
  • Pre-separate pages: Registration color is now also included in the generated separations [FP52265; FP52942; FP56488; CA1026318]
  • Pre-separate pages: Issue fixed, where an image mask was not properly handled [CA1029073]
  • Render to buffer: Issue fixed where annotations were not rendered (only for SDK) [CA1028834]
  • Impose:
    • Problem solved, where calculations could not exceed values bigger than 1.000.000
    • Crop marks will now get a clipping to avoid overlapping of content in certain cases [FP35510]
    • New slot definition parameter in SheetConfig “ClipMode” to define basis for crop mark positioning (page or slot) [FP52916]
    • New slot definition parameter in SheetConfig “TrGroupMode” to create a slot as a non-isolated transparency group [FP42398]
• Reports
  • Mask reports: Fixed issue, where the “hide” option had no effect on created bookmarks for the respective severity [CA1029302]
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where reported info about embedding status was not correct for Type3 font [FP58737]
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where file could not be parsed although it had no syntax issues [FP57608]
  • XML report: Problem fixed, where report creation with ink coverage was not successful on PDFs with non UTF-8 compliant spot color names [FP57743]
• Server
  • Process Plans: If output from “Save PDF copy” is in a subfolder, this subfolder is now created in the output folder as well
• CLI
  • Variables: Improved error reporting when referenced DeviceLink profiles do not exist
• General
  • Problem solved, where some kind of processing could result in unnecessarily extensive memory usage [CA1029088]
  • Problem solved, where order of Properties in a Check could cause different results if “Fire if any condition is met” is active [FP57904]
  • Issue fixed, where file structure optimization resulted into an error with certain files [FP58088]
  • Issue fixed, where resources dictionary was not fixed when –nooptimization was used [CA1029052]
  • Problem solved, where internal optimization of the file structure resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1028988]
  • Issue fixed, where logging file was not properly filed in certain cases (e.g. with “Convert pages with very complex page descriptions into CMYK images”) [FP57546]
  • Problem solved, where certain structures of signed PDFs could not be properly validated [CA1028730]
  • Problem solved, where images using a specific “JPEG2000 Codestream Format” could not be analyzed [CA1028930]

Release date: 2020-01-28

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 11 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 11 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Stability issues resolved in Process Plan editor for very complex Process Plans with QuickCeck steps [FP57715]
  • Stability improved for variable editor [FP57517]

Release date: 2020-01-20

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 11 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 11 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Process Plans: New objects can now be inserted into transitions between existing steps
  • Process Plans: Newly added steps have all transition types activated by default
  • JavaScript Variables: New, built-in editor for improved visualization and usability
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Adjust dot gain, Convert colors, Convert colors using DeviceLink: Checks from Group “Object Metadata” are now available in the “Apply to:” filter [FP54242]
  • Put objects on layer: Checks from the Group “Context aware object detection” are now available in the “Apply to:” filter [FP56397]
• New Properties
  • Font is not valid (specific problems): New Property to find certain errors in fonts; can be used with the trigger values of “Font is not valid (strict)” for find a single problem

• Fixups
  • Remove page objects completely outside page area: Problem solved, where some kind of pattern was removed within page area in certain cases [FP19024]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Issue fixed, where method “Mirror page objects” could not be properly executed when “Except spot colors” filter was used [CA1028963]
  • Scale pages: Problem solved, where the page scaling was done based on the MediaBox instead of the TrimBox [FP34799; FP56726; FP56796; FP56810; CA1028951]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved, where page geometry boxes were not properly adjusted if basis for bleed generation was set to BleedBox [CA1028887]
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where text (used as a clipping path) appeared as a gray box after processing in special cases [CA1027161; FP53392; FP54904]
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Problem solved, where certain text parts with missing UniCode representation were shifted [CA1028884]
  • General font handling: Issue fixed, where certain encoding issues resulted in missing glyphs or .notdef glyphs after processing [CA1027731; CA1028398]
  • General font handling: Enhanced repair for certain syntax problems in embedded CFF fonts [CA1028835]
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved, where some text objects were vanishing caused by old, invalid layer information in the PDF [FP51777; FP55098]
• Checks
  • Derive geometry boxes from crop marks: Complete review and improved implementation of crop mark detection [FP35137; FP21571; FP22185; FP22688; FP24054; FP25803; FP26986; FP46356; FP48391; FP52184; FP53488; FP54566; FP54626; FP27691; FP27743; FP32730; FP37895; FP41479; FP49280; FP50890; FP52355; FP26071; FP35137; FP24494; FP29377; FP50549; FP22185; FP22743; FP37895; FP35137; FP55784; CA1028067; CA1028055]
  • Sifter-based Properties: Optimized analyzing for defined custom areas on pages with a rotate entry
  • Number of hits in this check: Issue fixed, where an “Number equal to = 0” was not properly handled [FP56627; FP56641]
• Actions
  • Extract Dieline: Issue fixed, where a Variable for the used Check was not accepted [CA1028960]
• Desktop
  • Process Plan UI: Problem solved, where editing of details resulted in an empty window on non-English systems in some cases [FP56621]
  • Process Plan UI: Problem solved, where an error message occurred when saving in some cases [CA1028915; FP57372]
  • Ask-at-runtime for Variables: Problem solved, where Variables specified using “app.requires” in a JavaScript Variable did not result in a PopUp [FP56208; FP56232; FP56975]
  • Issue fixed, where certain special glyphs caused an incomplete activation request and therefore a failing activation
  • Switchboard: Problem solved, where the new Process Plan step “Rename PDF” could not be used with Batch processing [FP56550]
• CLI
  • Problem solved, where using a path to an ICC-Profile as a Variable was not properly handled [FP56923]
  • ZUGFeRD: Issue fixed, where XML schema was not found if references using UNC paths [FP56979]
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where an improperly defined image resolution was listed as “inf”, which caused a JSON syntax issue (will be listed as “null” object now) [FP57203]
  • PDF: Problem solved, where file size of generated reports increased due to fully embedded Asian fonts [FP57421; CA1028050]
  • XML: Problem solved, where names of Process plan sequence steps were not translated, although included in a CustomDict [FP56639]
  • XML: Issue fixed, where certain spot color names using special characters (like “_”) were not properly listed as a resource in some cases [CA1028876]
  • XML: Issue fixed, where reports generated by Process Plan steps did not contain the ”<pages>“ and ”<resources>“ parts [FP52624]
• General
  • Issue fixed, where an unlimited License was nonetheless limited to 8 parallel processes in some cases [CA1028882]
  • Issue fixed, where a moved pdfToolbox installation resulted in an unstable behavior in certain cases [CA1028922]
  • Problem solved, where certain usages of spot colors resulted in a significant longer processing time than in previous versions [CA1028895]

Release date: 2019-11-06

• An upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 11, pdfToolbox CLI 11 or pdfToolbox SDK 11 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• Desktop
  • Process Plans: Completely new user interface for creating and editing Process Plans
  • Variables: New, HTML-template-based Ask-at-runtime dialog, which can also be adjusted to individual requirements
  • New toolbar offers direct access to various functionalities
  • DPart viewer allows in-depth analysis of the DPart metadata structure of respective PDF files
  • Shortcut for direct Profile export (Mac: CMD+E / Windows: CTRL+E)
  • Saved Actions are now listed in the list of Fixups
• Profile, Checks and Fixups
  • New option to set a Profile to invisible in list of existing Profiles (incl. respective filter to show such “invisible” Profiles)
  • New option to set a Check to invisible in list of existing Checks (incl. respective filter to show such “invisible” Checks); they will only be listed in the Custom Checks section of Profiles, within the “Apply to” filter of single Fixups and in Process plan steps of type “Check”
  • New option to set a Fixup to invisible in list of existing Fixups (incl. respective filter to show such “invisible” Fixups); they will only be listed in the Custom Fixups section of Profiles and within Process plan steps of type “Fixup”
• General
  • Process plans
    • Add new step type “Rename PDF” to define the output filename [FP49471]
    • Create PDF copy: All input fields can now be used with Variables [FP49112]
    • New option to skip a Process plan step (can also be set via a Variable) [FP49158]
    • Profile sequence step: “Do not apply Fixups” can now also be controlled using a Variable
  • Variables
    • New function “app.setTimeout(seconds)” to define the timeout for JavaScript evaluation [CA1028659]
    • Geometry information are now available in to app.doc.result.checks[i].hits
  • Server
    • JobTickets: Allow to define an individual processing configuration for each file
    • Sidecar files: New functionality to define Variables per incoming file and to retrieve information from previous processing steps
• New Profiles and Process Plans
  • Convert RGB to CMYK (PSO Coated v3) with specified R=G=B tolerance
  • Convert spot to CMYK and replace overprint with transparency where needed
  • Find barcode value in a specified area and print the value on the page
  • Check and fix bleed: Analyses bleed and safety zones to determine required bleed and add bleed if needed
  • Convert pages with very complex page descriptions into CMYK images
  • Overprint issues related to spot color if converted to CMYK
• Enhanced Profiles
  • All Profiles with “Convert colors”-Fixups have been updated to use “Advanced settings” instead of Policy files
• New Fixups
  • Create bleed for irregular shapes: Generates bleed for arbitrary contours based on e.g. a dieline vector object [CA1028144, CA1026338]
  • Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
  • Place circle/ellipse
  • Place line
  • Place rectangle
  • Map colors using script variables: New variant of the existing “Map colors”-Fixup, where the settings can be defined using JSON expressions
  • Map spot and process colors using script variables: New variant of the existing “Map spot and process colors”-Fixup, where the settings can be defined using JSON expressions
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Create bleed at page edges:
    • Several new parameters, e.g. a Filter for objects to be taken into account for bleed creation and to except certain spot colors [CA1026524, FP54063]
    • Extended possibilities to create bleed with different widths for each edge [CA1026463, CA1027547, CA1027514, FP44596]
    • New parameters to define overprint and whether the generated bleed should be placed behind existing page content
    • Page box used as basis for bleed generation can be selected [FP32942]
    • Offset (to page geometry box) for basis of bleed generation can be defined [CA1028143, FP50268]
  • Convert colors:
    • New area “Advanced settings”, which replaces the deprecated Policy files
    • All settings from the “Advanced settings” dialog can be controlled using Variables
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink:
    • New Parameters for compression method and quality for processed images [FP27577, FP39515, FP41009, FP52929]
    • Global policy files for DeviceLink are deprecated (if present, overwrite the Fixup settings for backwards compatibility)
  • Set Overprint and Knockout: New option to leave OPM unchanged
  • Set Overprint Mode to 1: Is deprecated, use “Set overprint and knockout” Fixup instead
• New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Convert colored Type 3 fonts to outlines
  • Generate 5mm bleed at dieline (Processing Steps)
  • Generate 3mm bleed at TrimBox, excluding specified spot color
  • Spotify: Creates a spot-color only version of the PDF’s page content
  • Place black circle at specified position
  • Place red rectangle at specified position
  • Place blue line at specified position
• New Properties
  • Text on page: Finds text on pages or within page areas; can be combined with Action “Split at mark”
  • Several new barcode/matrix code related Properties:
    • Barcode is in area
    • Barcode value
    • Barwidth reduction (%|mm|pt)
    • Height of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
    • Width of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
    • Module width of barcode / matrix code (mm|pt)
    • Symbology (type of barcode / matrix code)
    • “Log Profile execution” will save the created rendered areas as images into the temporary log folder for review
  • Stream object is uncompressed
• Enhanced Properties
  • All Sifter-based properties: Extended possible combinations with other types of Properties and further enhanced analysis [FP49241]
• New and enhanced predefined Checks
  • Is colored Type 3 font
  • Type 3 font has all required resources
  • Is dieline (Processing Steps)
  • Find specified text: Searches for the specified text on all pages
  • Object uses RGB color definitions
  • Find barcode in specified area
  • Barwidth reduction is above 10%
  • R=G=B with a specified tolerance
  • Size is not equal for all pages
• New in Switchboard
  • Prepress – Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
    • Spotify inspector: Interactive tool to determine the best settings for processing a file into a spot color version
  • Arrange – Split at mark: Splits the PDF into parts based on pages identified by a Check
  • Document – Extract dieline: Extracts a dieline as SVG, DXF or CF2 file from a PDF based on a Check
  • Reports – Read barcode: Detect value and other technical details of a barcode in a specified area of a page
• Actions
  • Spotify: Create spot color version from an input PDF using a customizable number of spot colors, optionally based on a custom spot color library
  • SplitAtMark: Splits the PDF into parts based on pages identified by a Check
  • ExtractDieline: Extracts a dieline as SVG, DXF or CF2 file from a PDF based on a Check
  • ToPDF: Support for conversion of TIFF files with CuttingPaths [FP54684]
  • ToPDF: Support for conversion of TIFF files with Transparency [FP54348, FP55777]
  • ToPDF: Support for PSB files (“Photoshop Big”) [CA1028643]
  • ToPDF: Support for .vtx und .vxd files (MS Visio) with MS Office and Open/Libreoffice [CA1028797]
  • QuickCheck: Extended sample configuration file with more comments and examples
• Reports
  • Custom HTML-based reports: All kinds of visualizer images can be requested via the manifest.xml [FP44896, FP51472]
  • XML reports: Added references for Annotations to reported hits [CA1028541]
• CLI
  • New parameter for Profile execution: –visiblelayers which will run Checks for visible layers only
  • ToPDF: Several new –topdf_parameter for handling of Office in MS Office:
    • NoMemoryOptimization: Disables the internal memory optimization [CA1028735]
    • DoNotHideOffice: The respective MS Office will show up and not work hidden in the background [CA1028588]
    • UpdateChangedFields: Requests a content update from MS Office to update fields (e.g. page numbers in the table of content) [CA1028703]
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP6d)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP2h)
• Internal HTML converter updated to callas pdfChip (v2.1.062)

• Fixups
  • Flatten transparency
    • Problem solved where recursion of Form XObjects in the content stream resulted into infinite processing [CA1028081]
    • Problem solved where flattening resulted in displaced Asian glyphs in certain cases [FP55230]
    • Issue fixed where bullet glyphs were removed in some cases [FP55510]
    • Issue fixed where bullet glyphs were converted to “F” glyphs in specific font situation [FP53756]
    • Issue fixed where square bullets became .notdef glyphs after flattening [FP54933]
    • Issue fixed where some kind of ligatures were converted to .notdef glyphs [CA1028410]
    • Issue fixed where quotation marks became .notdef glyphs after flattening [FP54005]
    • Issue fixed where glyph (defined as .notdef) was no more embedded after flattening and resulted in a warning in some PDF viewers [FP51831, FP52450]
    • Problem solved where background images using Indexed color spaces with Separation Black were not properly handled [FP43490]
    • Problem solved where flattening resulted in a completely rasterized page although only small areas were affected by transparency [FP54839]
    • Problem solved where processing caused a distortion of text [CA1028677, CA1028679]
    • Issue fixed where flattened PDF triggered a font error warning in certain PDF viewers (MacOS only) [FP54967]
    • Issue fixed where flattening with high resolution resulted in damaged fonts in certain cases (MacOS only) [CA1027815]
    • Problem solved where processing wasn’t successful with specific PDF [FP54550]
    • Problem solved where resulting PDF had different glyph widths in PDF and embedded font [FP39612, FP41268, FP46431]
  • Remove printer marks: Problem solved where page content was removed under certain circumstances [FP54608, FP55162]
  • Add unique ID to Note elements in tagging structure: Issue solved, where Endnotes mapped to Notes via RoleMap were not properly handled [CA1028667]
  • Convert to PDF/A-2: Issue fixed where invalid XMP was created during PDF/A conversion in some cases [CA1028397]
  • Convert to PDF/A-2: Issue fixed where the conversion failed due to a missing Subtype entry [FP52794]
  • Create and apply shapes: Problem solved where overprinting for spot colors was not properly respected [CA1028459]
  • Create and apply shapes: Clarified the naming for some settings [FP53395]
  • Remove pages: Issue solved where remaining page label were not properly corrected after removal of a page [CA1028252, FP47709]
  • Generate bleed at page edges: Problem solved where invisible layers were also used for bleed generation [CA1028628]
  • Make font names unique: Problem solved where glyphs were not properly handled in certain cases [FP53519]
  • Set MediaBox to origin: Problem solved where MediaBox was not properly set when Fixup was executed together with e.g. “Add marks” or “Create bleed at page edges” [FP33737, FP33738; FP45010]
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink: Issue fixed where changing the image compression to ZIP resulted in improper PDFs in certain cases [CA1024644; FP39515]
  • Convert font to outlines: Problem solved where certain variants of text used as clipping paths were not properly handled [CA1028621]
  • Remove invisible image data: Problem solved where images were slightly displaced after processing in certain cases [FP24845, FP29858, FP34569]
  • Scale pages: Enhanced handling for dimensions which exceed the 200 inch limit (Page scaling factor will be adjusted accordingly) [FP27707, CA1028762]
  • Scale pages: Issue fixed where objects were missing in resulting file (Linux only) [FP55792]
  • Set transparency properties for fill: Issue fixed where certain layer constructions used with Form XObjects were not properly respected [FP55706]
• Checks
  • Image compression ratio (percent): Corrected compression ratio in trigger value
  • Sifter: Problem solved where page rotation was not taken into account in certain cases [CA1028468]
  • Verify compliance with PDF/A-2b: Issue fixed where validation failed caused by a unnecessary hit for “Signature has no ByteRange entry” [CA1028726]
  • Shape definition: Issue fixed where selected unit was not properly handled in certain cases [FP55403]
  • General analysis: Issue fixed where an incomplete InfoDict of a PDF resulted in an unknown error [CA1028306]
  • All Annotation and FormField properties: Problem solved where the usage of “Fire if any condition is met” with only one configured Property resulted in an error [FP54027]
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed where office files using special characters (like % or #) in their filename resulted in errors with LibreOffice (Windows only) [CA1028556]
  • ToPDF: Adjusted the predefined Default.joboptions file (used for PostScript conversion) to create PDF 1.6 instead of older versions [CA1028463]
  • ToPDF: Fixed issue, where certain kind of transparent PNG were not properly converted [CA1028394]
  • CreatePS: Problem solved where PostScript export of specific PDF resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1028500]
  • OptimizePDF: Issue fixed where multiple identically named fonts were resulting in rectangles for some glyphs after merging the fonts [CA1028302]
• Desktop
  • Problem solved where using a License Server based activation could not be used in the Acrobat Plugin [FP55867]
  • Object inspector: Alternate values for spot colors added
  • Object inspector: Issued fixed where a filter for objects was not properly respected on multi-page documents [FP53499]
  • Improved window handling, especially for tiled views
  • Issue fixed where certain kind of user interaction resulted in unnecessary internal warning logs in MacOS console [FP28132]
  • Library manager: “Custom template reports” and “Ask at runtime dialog templates” added as resources
  • Switchboard: Process plans with Batch processing: Issue fixed where certain actions were not properly handled [FP55034]
• Server
  • Improved information when Server, Dispatcher or Satellite is started without a valid license
• CLI
  • Timeout: Issue fixed where some additional seconds were added to the given time limit in certain cases
  • –uncompressimg: Problem solved where parameter was not taken into account for the Properties “Object uses … with a percentage of” [CA1016082, CA1023953, FP21005, FP54373]
• Reports
  • PDF reports: Issue fixed where some kind of diacritical marks in e.g. Check names avoided the successful creation of the report [FP52467]
• General
  • Office conversion: A 64-bit installation of pdfToolbox requires a 64-bit version of OpenOffice/LibreOffice (similar for 32-bit)
  • DeviceLink Profiles: Issue fixed where export and import resulted in the loss of localization
  • MacOS installer for CLI: Format changed to .pkg

Release date: 2019-06-27

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license.
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where a defined Check in “Apply to” was not respected anymore [FP53896; FP53340; FP54009]
  • Substitute characters using .notdef glyph: Problem solved, where Type0 font characters resulted in doubled text [FP52469]
  • Create Content entry for Link annotations: Problem solved, where content entries were not created for all missing entries [FP54389]
  • General: Fixed issue, where executing Convert colors and DeviceLink Conversion in a ProcessPlan resulted in Missing XObject for certain Type 3 fonts [FP53816]
  • General: Fixed issue, where font processing and Convert colors within one Profile resulted in a missing Extended Graphic State for certain uncolored Type 3 objects [FP54129]
• Checks
  • Dash array of a stroked path object: Issue fixed, where analysis resulted in an unstable behavior [FP54316]
  • Difference between colorant channels: Problem solved, where processing resulted in unexpected result for a specific PDF [FP54005]
  • General: Problem solved, where analyzing a certain TrueType structure in a PDF resulted in an unstable behavior [FP53817]
• Actions
  • SplitLayers: Problem solved, where resulting PDF with text also contained inline images in certain cases [FP53160]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, there import from Tiff resulted in a wrong size for the created PDF [FP33813]
• CLI
  • Installer: Added “Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86)” to installation package (Windows only) [CA1028423]
• Distributed Processing
  • Compare: Problem solved, where processing was not successful [FP41110]
  • SplitPDF/MergePDF: Problem solved, where wrong output path was created when –outputfile was used [FP54308]
• General
  • Apply Layer view setup: Problem solved, where Layers were no more visible in Acrobat afterwards [CA1028370]
  • Issue fixed, where the office conversion component reported an older version number than in previous versions [CA1028384]
• Internal HTML converter updated to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.1.060) [CA1028415]

Release date: 2019-05-07

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license.
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Edit Profiles: Problem fixed, where removing a Check from a Profile (which was switched with a Variable) resulted in the loss of the Variable assigned to other Checks (if the same Variable was used) [FP53760]
  • Problem solved, where certain Libraries could not be opened in French version [FP53686]
  • Switchboard: Issue fixed, where Batch processing resulted in empty folders [FP53713]
  • Test mode: Changed default displayed PDF from initially for Test mode used file to the currently open file [FP53686]
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Office: Support for file formats .wmf, .emf, .pcx, .bmp and .pgm to be converted using LibreOffice [CA1027903]
• Reports
  • Profile execution: Identical Checks (e.g. contained as Custom Check and via Standard validation) will not be merged anymore but reported separately
• Server
  • Edit jobs: Problem solved, where editing a job with a “Remote” Profile resulted in the loss of defined report settings [FP51919]
• CLI
  • Profile execution: Identical Checks (e.g. contained as Custom Check and via Standard validation) will not be merged anymore but reported separately
  • Updated translations for non-major languages (cz, da, fi, ko, nl, no, pl, pt, sv, zh_CN, zh_TW) [CA1028207]
• General
  • Variables: Problem solved, where multiple identical Checks (switched by a Variable) could result in improper results [FP53726]

Release date: 2019-04-16

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license.
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Test mode: Several enhancements (optional page geometry box view, result of QuickCheck is displayed, visualization of generated shape for Checks) [FP52010]
  • Compare PDF: Origin of page positioning can be defined
  • Object inspector: Some minor improvements related to information about overprinting [FP52425]
  • Switchboard: Batch-processing of Profiles with Variables in Workspace: New option to ask for Variables for each file during runtime [FP52981]
  • Standalone now shows an indicator in the footer areas if PDF is encrypted
  • QuickCheck: Available QuickChecks are now available in a separate menu item in the QuickCheck editor
  • Switchboard: Batch processing for Process Plans if linked into Workspace [CA1025609; FP21963; FP36198; FP37937; FP44284; FP49498; FP51444]
• Profile
  • New option “PDF Version 2.0” in Document group to check if a PDF contains features which require this PDF version
• New Fixups
  • Set PDF version in header: Sets the PDF version independent from what features are used in the PDF
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Extended scope to Type 3 fonts [CA1022867; FP37894; FP47760; FP49088; CA1027964; FP52417]
  • Flatten transparency: New option to set a timeout, after which the whole page gets rasterized [CA1027633; CA1027399; CA1025453; FP52925]
  • Flatten transparency: Some conflicting settings will be handled in a more intelligent way (e.g. “JPEG” compression and “lossless” quality) [FP52633]
  • Outline page geometry boxes: Multiple settings for different configurations (e.g. for even and uneven pages) enabled [FP52651]
  • Convert colors using n-channel: Support for .icm profiles as destination profile added [FP53305]
  • Remove actions: New option “With invalid destination” [CA1027518]
  • Convert page into image: New option to take layer visibility into account and to preserve invisible layers [FP52513]
  • Create invisible text copy for all text: When deactivating the new checkbox “Merge all font resources”, the existing fonts will be reduced and used with empty glyphs [FP51573]
  • Set PDF version if compatible: Has been renamed from “Set PDF version” and sets the PDF version in the PDF header only if all features in the PDF are defined in that version.
• New Properties
  • Colored Type 3 font
  • Uncolored Type 3 font
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Content stream length can be determined e.g. to detect very complex files [FP53584]
  • QuickCheck: Support for DPart metadata
  • XML Report: Added color space for image masks [FP48021]
• CLI
  • Compare: Origin of page positioning can be defined [CA1027644]
  • OpenPassword: New parameter to define an “open” password for encrypted PDFs: ”–openpassword=…“ [CA1027735]
• License Server
  • Support for activation using the callas License Server for Desktop and CLI
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP5c)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP2d) [CA1028034]
• Internal HTML converter updated to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.1.059)

• Desktop
  • Edit Variables: Issue fixed, where external editing of JavaScript did not opened the assigned default application (Windows only) [FP51586]
  • Compare PDF: Several adjustments to improve functionality and page display [FP36165; FP35778; FP52636; FP53407]
  • Object inspector and Visualizer: Issue fixed, where displayed content was not updated after the execution of Fixups [CA1026589]
  • New dialog with additional information if PostScript or Office conversion to PDF fails
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where a Variable classified as “String” in editing UI, was handled as a “Number” in ask-at-runtime dialog
  • Edit Fixups: Issue fixed, where Variables could be lost if list view for settings was used [FP52481]
• Acrobat Plug-In
  • Issue fixed, where a PDF could not be converted to a PDF/X-Standard under certain circumstances [FP52578]
• PDF Standards
  • PDF/A and PDF/X conversions: Added Fixups “Remove page level output intents” and “Remove Black Point Compensation entries” to ensure conversion of PDF 2.0 files to the respective standard
  • PDF/A validation: Adjusted detection of compressed object level metadata
• Fixups
  • Several Fixups to split up DeviceN colorants: Several improvements to increase processing speed and to prevent visual changes in the resulting file [CA1027850; CA1028092]
  • Flatten transparency:
    • Issue fixed, where certain, already embedded fonts became unembedded after flattening [FP52550]
    • Problem solved, where flattening resulted in visible text, which was invisible before [FP48363, CA1027364]
    • Problem solved, where processing resulted in a missing image [CA1027286]
    • Issue fixed, where bookmarks lost their not destination after processing [CA1027772]
    • Problem solved, where certain glyphs got damaged after processing [CA1027900]
    • Issue fixed, where visible glyph defined as .notdef was removed [FP51831; FP5245]
    • Issue fixed, where transparent objects remained in PDF under certain circumstances [FP53244]
  • Substitute characters using .notdef glyph with space characters: Problem solved where certain Type 3 font became bullets after processing [FP53093]
  • Convert page content into image: Problem solved, where invisible layers from the PDF were visible in the resulting output image
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved, where visible layers were removed in some cases [CA1028003]
  • Map colors: Issue fixed, where defined combination of CMYK colorant values in an image was not properly mapped to a spot color
  • Map spot and process colors: Issue fixed, where objects using DeviceN with multiple “None” colorants were not properly converted [FP38404; FP51529; FP52525; FP52774; FP52982]
  • Map spot and process colors: Problem solved, where unnecessary conversion of pixel data resulted in an unusual long processing time [FP52553]
  • Convert colors: Enhanced handling for Type 3 fonts to avoid visual changes
  • Convert colors: Issue fixed, where inconsistent spot colors remained in PDF, although Fixup “Make spot color appearance consistent” was contained in same Profile [FP50429; FP37675; FP52557]
  • Remove printer marks: Problem solved, where textual page content was also removed in certain cases [CA1027857; FP53028; FP53045]
  • General: Automatic repair for Type 3 fonts which are using very unusual resource dictionaries introduced by certain DTP software [CA1028093]
  • General: Length of Code Ranges in ToUnicode CMap Streams is now adjusted to 255 to match specification [CA1028128]
  • General: Problem solved, where text got displaced, caused by positioning of vectors within text objects which is not allowed [CA1028126; CA1027936]
  • General: Non-existing property resources are now be removed during the automatic optimization of the Content Stream references (by adding an empty dictionary in the BDC or DP commands) [FP52994]
• Checks
  • Problem solved, where initial analysis on specific PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior or long processing time [CA1028230; CA1028157; CA1028080]
  • Issue fixed, where a certain way of color space definition for Pattern resulted in an error during analysis [FP52350]
  • Font is embedded: Problem solved, where a certain PDF with empty FontBBox values resulted in an unstable behavior [FP52795]
  • Context aware object detection: Issue fixed, where a combination of shape definitions was not properly regarded
• Actions
  • Create PostScript: Problem solved, where creation was not successful with certain PDF [CA1027780]
  • ToPDF:
    • PostScript:
      • Problem solved, where conversion of PostScript (which extracted internal resources during processing) could not be properly processed [CA1027902]
      • Problem solved, where glyph positioning changed while converting certain PostScript files [CA1027912]
      • Issue fixed, where objects below a certain scaling factor were dropped in certain PostScript files [CA1027914]
      • Issue fixed, where PostScript could not be converted if a specific font was installed on the system [CA1028016]
    • TIFF:
      • Issue fixed, where rather large TIFF files (3 GB or more) could not be converted to PDF [CA1021439; FP25090]
      • Problem solved, where conversion of certain TIFF files resulted in an un-proportionally scaled result [FP52287]
      • Issue fixed, where TIFF with AlphaChannels (spot color) were not properly converted [CA1027782; CA1028201]
      • Issue fixed, where 16bit TIFF images were not properly converted [FP19497]
      • Issue fixed, where existing image XMP metadata was not preserved [CA1023497]
      • Problem solved, where RGB TIFF with alpha channels could not be converted [CA1024806; FP39228]
      • Issue fixed, where certain types of shadows resulted in striped output [FP33818]
      • Problem solved, where certain TIFF resulted in a very different visual result [FP52285]
      • Problem solved, where specific, ICC-tagged TIFF resulted in shifted colorants [FP52468]
      • Issue fixed, where transparency in TIFF was not properly regarded [CA1027593; CA1023947; CA1027813]
      • Problem solved, where CMYK TIFF with additional spot channels could not be converted [FP34428]
      • Problem solved, where some JPEG compressed TIFF images resulted in un-proportionally scaled result [FP27294; FP28140; FP30095; FP39228]
    • JPEG
      • Issue fixed, where a JPEG without a proper resolution could not be converted to PDF (will be set to 72 ppi by default now)
      • Problem solved, where certain very big JPEG images could not be converted to PDF [FP22503]
    • PSD
      • Issue fixed, where PSD images with an obsolete entry for spot colors could not be converted [CA1027171]
      • Problem solved, where PSD images marked as CMYK, but also included spot color data, were converted to CMYK only [CA1027298]
      • Issue fixed, where certain files using n-color- or alpha-channels could not be converted
    • SaveAsImage: Problem solved, where invisible layers from the PDF were visible in the resulting output image
    • Slice: Problem solved, where separation of objects into 2 files did not work properly anymore [FP52354; FP52501; FP52911; FP53079]
• Reports
  • HTML-based template report: Issue fixed, where default images were not properly resized
  • HTML-based template report: Problem solved, where report could not be created using Linux [FP52526]
  • Layer reports: Adjusted report creation if a downsampling of the report is requested to avoid false reporting for low-res images [FP30414; FP52526]
• Server
  • Problem solved, where Server jobs could not be started when path was a certain type of mounted SMB Share [FP53235]
  • Problem solved, where report generation failed if output PDF was already locked by another application [CA1027996]
  • Issue fixed, where original PDF was moved to “Success” folder instead of “Processed” when Profile error code was “0” (= no Hit, no Fixups executed)
• CLI
  • Server/Dispatcher on CLI: Issue fixed, where wrong layout glyphs were shown in the command shell on first startup (Windows only) [FP52648]
  • Log execution: Issue fixed, where not all resources where available in installation package [FP53365]
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where name of Process Plan could not be used to set as a value in XMP metadata [FP49671]
  • Improved management for temporary files to avoid remaining data in TEMP folder
  • Trace: Added process ID to UUID to avoid creation of identically named logging folders [FP52561]
  • Adjusted error codes in cases where report creation failed due to encrypted input PDFs [FP52526]
• General
  • Problem solved, where imposed documents could not be properly rendered or saved as an image in pdfToolbox [CA1027927; CA1028035]
  • Problem solved, where certain PDFs could not be rendered properly anymore [CA1027843; CA1028229]
  • Windows Service: Updated to .NET 4.0 framework to avoid installation issues on latest Windows Server versions
  • Installer: On Unix based systems the installer will not extract into the “basename” directory of the respective package [FP52486]
  • Problem solved, where ICC profiles could not be loaded under certain circumstances [FP53438]
  • Activation: Improved handling for all non-ascii glyphs
  • Variables: Improved handling when ”,“ is used as a delimiter for a numeric value
  • Variables: Problem solved, where file object “File.exists” was not supported within a JavaScript Variable [FP52323]

Release date: 2019-01-09

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license.
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Improved visualization of non-supported custom Checks from Acrobat Preflight Profiles
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Added support for page scaling factor (UserUnit) in resulting PDF, if input image exceeds the maximum dimension of a PDF page [CA1027771; FP21635; CA1026629]
• Distributed Processing
  • New option ”–noshadowfiles“ to suppress the creation of a place holder file (which normally reserves the intended file name in the file system) [FP50894]
  • New option ”–setvariablepath“, which will transfer the referenced file or folder to the satellite (e.g. as additional resources)
  • The log files in the shared preferences folder are now created on a daily basis and are named accordingly for Dispatcher and Satellite
  • New option ”–verbosity“ to activate extensive logging for debugging processing problems
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP1m) [CA1027549; CA1027597; CA1027594; CA1027595; CA1027605]
• Internal HTML converter updated to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.0.056)

• Desktop
  • Batch processing: Problem solved, where resulting files were not stored according to their severity in the correct output folder [FP52157]
  • Visualizer: Added zoom functionality to wire frame mode [FP32420]
  • Extract ICC profiles: Problem solved, where 7c n-channel ICC profiles could not be extracted successfully
  • Fixed issue, where custom Fixups or Checks could not be removed from a Profile in certain cases [CA1027851]
• PDF Standards
  • PDF/A conversion: Annotations with “NoView” flag will be removed [FP50434]
  • PDF/A conversion: Improved handling for PDF 2.0 files [CA1027743]
  • PDF/A-2u conversion: Problem solved, where errors regarding Unicode values occurred after processing [CA1027552]
  • PDF/A validation: Adjusted recognition to detect invalid XMP metadata with more than one occurrence of “pdf:Producer” [FP45634]
• Fixups
  • Convert colors: Existing Matte entries are now calculated into the image data to prevent color shifts in the resulting PDF [FP49499; FP52185]
  • Improved resource handling for multiple used objects deactivated to avoid extensive processing time (can be activated on CLI) [FP51750; FP52090]
  • Problem solved, where de-calibration of objects to DeviceCMYK left a reference to an ICC profile which caused a processing error in certain cases [FP52219]
  • Adjust or remove annotations:
    • Problem solved, where annotations became rotated in rare cases [FP51279]
    • Problem solved, where white background rectangles for “Square” annotations appeared in certain cases [CA1027804]
    • Fixed issue, where annotations became scrambled due to page rotation [CA1026832]
  • Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where glyph widths for Latin glyphs in Asian fonts were not respected properly for CID fonts [CA1027420]
  • Embed missing fonts: Possibility to map defined glyph names of a font to an Adobe glyph names using the FontSubstitution config file [CA1027497]
  • Convert TrueType font to CFF: Issue fixed, where umlauts were changed to rectangles [FP38342]
  • Convert TrueType font to CFF: Added support for simple TrueType fonts using rendering mode 3 [CA1027678]
  • Merge adjacent headings if heading level is the same: Problem solved, where certain nesting of table fields was not properly handled [CA1025709]
  • Font handling: Fixed issue, where certain .notdef glyph encodings in the Differences array were not removed [FP48002]
  • Content stream analysis: Problem solved, where invalid command resulted in loss of content after processing under certain circumstances [CA1027602; CA1027220]
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where the Exif information regarding the image orientation was not respected properly [FP51829]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where conversion of large images resulted in false cropping of the image content [FP51880]
• Reports
  • Problem solved, where certain special characters like umlauts were not encoded properly in PDF reports [FP51757; CA1027738; FP52173]
  • QuickCheck: Added escaping (“\”) for values like ”:“ (which is normally used as a delimiter) in config file to allow access to objects using a ”:“ in their object name [FP52069]
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where orientation of page boxes was not counted correctly [FP51995]
• CLI
  • Problem solved, where long file paths were not properly handled as destination for output file (Windows only) [CA1027806]
  • Issue fixed, where a non-supported Check from a Acrobat Preflight Profile was listed multiple times on STD OUT [FP52268]
  • Log execution: Issue fixed, where logging resulted in an error in certain cases [FP51641]
• Distributed Processing
  • Reviewed and improved STD OUT information for running Satellite and Dispatcher
  • Optimized job handling, logging and communication between Dispatcher, Satellite and Client to improve stability and performance [FP46404; FP42456]
  • Issue fixed, where –password could not be used when distributing jobs [FP51676]
  • Problem solved, where naming of output files was not respected in certain cases [FP40363; FP42648; FP49077; FP25217]
  • Improved error message when trying to start an additional Satellite, Dispatcher or Server on the same system
  • Problem solved, where very long filenames resulted in an unstable behavior of the Satellite [FP47616]
• General
  • Problem solved, where processing time has increased due to unnecessary evaluation loops for JavaScript-Variables [FP51750]
  • Process Plans: Reviewed internal logic for file analysis to improve processing speed for Fixup-only steps where no Checks are used within the Fixup of the respective Process Plan step [FP51750]

Release date: 2018-11-22

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Fixups
  • New DeviceLink Profiles: Issue fixed, where conversion of objects was not properly executed [FP51596; FP51693; FP51702]
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Implemented improved handling for certain TIFF variants (e.g. some JPEG compressions) to ensure proper conversion to PDF [CA1022291; CA1022778; FP30125; FP41742; FP51155; FP41742; CA1027636; FP31061]
• Reports
  • Problem solved, where XML reports were not created with certain PDFs (MacOS only) [FP51643]
• CLI
  • Fixed issue, where stopping pdfToolbox (when started as a Service) was not successful (Windows)
• General
  • Problem solved, where certain localized strings were not properly encoded and an error was shown [FP51717]
  • Updated internal HTML converter to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.0.053)
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where the usage of the Date formatter in JavaScript resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1027740]

Release date: 2018-11-09

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Support for conversion of the most common variants of Photoshop files (PSD) and GIF to PDF, directly as input file as well as when referenced in HTML
• Desktop
  • Unchanged Profiles, Fixup, Checks and Process Plans in default Libraries will be automatically updated with latest settings in the future (can be disabled in Library settings)
  • New Switchboard Action in Document group: “Remove invisible objects”, which removes objects that are completely covered, clipped or outside of the page area
  • New Switchboard Action in Arrange group: “Split or reorder”, to split certain pages or page ranges into several or single PDF
  • Various “Decorate” functions in new Switchboard group to add objects or pages:
    • Place folding marks
    • Text
    • Page number
    • Date
    • Logo/Image
    • Watermark
    • Mail stamp
    • Letter background
    • Add summary page
    • Add divider page
    • Move objects
    • Add empty pages
  • Variables: Defined JavaScript objects are now available across all Libraries
  • Libraries: Possibility to create a new empty Library, which includes the default resources (e.g. Output Intents, curve files etc)
  • Compare Libraries: Included settings of the scope of a specific check (e.g. limited to boxes or including soft masks etc.) to the comparison result for checks
• New Profiles
  • 53 new DeviceLink Profiles, free for use for Desktop and Server/CLI customers:
    • RGB to ISO/PSO Coated (4 Profiles)
    • Conversion between standards Europe (25 Profiles)
    • Conversion between standards Europe / Japan (4 Profiles)
    • Conversion between standards Europe / US (7 Profiles)
    • Total area coverage (TAC)/Ink coverage reduction (13 Profiles)
• Updated Profiles, Fixups, Checks and Process Plans
  • Fix potential font problems: Replaced Fixup “Make font name unique for all fonts” with new Fixup “Make font name unique for all fonts with same name”
  • Sheetfed offset (CMYK, RGB and spot colors) (GWG 2015): Replaced previous Profile with a new one due to some misconfiguration
• New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Make font name unique for all fonts with same name
  • Set all black text and vector objects to overprint (no objects using transparency) [CA1025554]
• New and enhanced predefined Checks
  • Origin of MediaBox is not 0/0 [FP48381]
• New Fixups
  • Remove from Layer: Remove selected objects from a Layer
  • Several new Fixups to split up components of DeviceN objects:
    • Extract CMYK from DeviceN: Separate CMYK from spot colorants as DeviceCMYK
    • Extract CMYK from DeviceN one by one: Split up all CMYK channels into individual Separation colorants
    • Extract spot colors from DeviceN one by one: Split up all spot channels into separate colorants
    • Extract all colors from DeviceN one by one: Split up all channels into separate colorants
    • Extract selected color from DeviceN: Isolate single channels into a separate colorant
    • Condense into single spot color: Remove all but one spot channel from the document
  • DeviceCMYK to CMYK DeviceN: Convert objects using DeviceCMYK to DeviceN with CMYK as colorants
  • Rotate page content: Rotates the page content by a given degree and optionally enlarge the page accordingly [CA1026711; CA1027435]
  • Remove all clipping paths: Removes all clipping paths, e.g. to optimize a PDF for production on certain cutting devices [CA1026869]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Convert colors: Improved resource handling for conversion of single pages or page ranges of a PDF, e.g. to convert only inner pages to grayscale [FP46055; FP48931; FP49013]
  • Remove XMP Metadata: Extended with possibility to define namespace and properties to be kept or to removed [FP50448]
  • Convert fonts to outlines: Enabled page-based Checks for “Apply to” selection
  • Increase line width / Increase line width for multicolored lines: New option to exclude lines drawn with a distorted transformation matrix (when this matrix is unproportionally scaled, objects appear distorted, e.g. a square becomes a rectangle) [FP41862; FP20486]
  • Discard private data from other applications: Has been extended to remove private information also in the PieceInfo [FP51081]
  • Insert pages: Page geometry boxes are also inserted for new empty pages [FP49025]
  • Place text / Place barcode: Improved fallback for fonts if the default fonts (Arial/Helvetica, Times, Courier) can not be found on the respective system
• New Properties
  • Current transformation matrix (CTM) is unproportionally scaled: When the CTM is not scaled proportionally, objects appear distorted, e.g. a square becomes a rectangle
• Enhanced Properties
  • Context aware object detection (Sifter): New option if layer visibility is taken into account or not
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Several new details made available, e.g. about tagging structure, page geometry boxes, transparency and overprint, document level XMP metadata, annotations and form fields and some more
• CLI
  • New DeviceLink Profiles added, old Profiles have been removed from installation package
  • New parameter for Profile execution ”–logexecution“ which creates a folder with logging information for the specific processing in the user preferences
  • QuickCheck: More sample configuration files added to installation package
• General
  • Variables: Current Profile name is now available as a JavaScript object [FP49671]
  • Log profile execution: Contains now also intermediate result from “Place content” Fixups as well as the used template and logging information
  • Log profile execution: For “Context aware object detection” based checks, a visual report will be created in the respective logging folder
• Updated internal visualizer of tagging structure to the latest version of callas pdfGoHTML (v2.0.025)
• Updated internal HTML converter to the latest version of callas pdfChip (v2.0.052)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP4e)

• Desktop
  • Variables: Improved evaluation and editing of JavaScript Variables; implemented a timeout for evaluation to prevent endless loops while editing
  • Variables in Checks or Fixups: Improved handling of predefined numeric values when a Variable is inserted [FP47656]
  • Profile editing: “Report PDF syntax issues” option is no more active in newly generated Profiles
  • Profile editing: Issue fixed, where order of dialog boxes was wrong when editing a Variable in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP50297]
  • Added missing keyboard shortcut for “Object inspector”
  • ToPDF: PostScript files will now use the selected PDF setting (joboption) from the Switchboard action, even when “Drag’n’Dropped” on the canvas
  • Standalone: Issue fixed, where size of an opened or processed PDF was not properly adjusted to the size of the window [FP47803; FP48378]
  • Layer explorer: Problem solved, where removing layer metadata resulted in an unstable behavior (MacOS only) [CA1026482]
• Fixups
  • Conversion to PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3: Improved handling to set the overprint mode (OPM) for ICCbased CMYK object also if DefaultCMYK is introduced during processing [CA1027162]
  • Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where rendering or flattening resulted in cropped image in certain cases [FP49028]
  • Insert pages: Issue fixed, where multiple settings were not properly regarded
  • Set Line Width: Certain line width (like “0”) not properly handled [CA1027473]
  • Convert colors using DeviceLink / Adjust dotgain: Issue fixed, which resulted in unnecessary long processing time in certain cases (MacOS only) [FP47587 + FP47589]
  • Place content: Improved handling of existing Layer of placed PDF documents
  • Remove printer marks: Problem solved, where some objects were not properly handled in certain cases [FP39789; CA1026929; CA1017847; FP32714; CA1019332; FP17475]
  • Remove objects outside page area: Reviewed functionality to ensure proper handling of objects
  • Set layer default to On/Off: Issue fixed, where layers remain visible in certain cases [FP51310]
  • Downsample/compress color/grayscale images: Issue fixed, where processing results in visual differences due to improper handling of Matte entry [CA1027129]
  • Convert colors: Problem solved where certain inline images were not properly handled when image downsampling took place in the same profile [CA1027679]
  • Create bookmarks from headings: Issue fixed, where tag tree was not properly recognized [CA1027492]
  • Place text: Issue fixed, where the used font was not embedded as an indirect object [FP48225]
  • Discard hidden layer content and flatten visible layers: Problem solved, where text color changed during processing in certain PDF [FP50980]
  • Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where certain fonts with Unicode characters in their font name were not properly determined (Unix only) [FP49361]
• Properties
  • Number of effectively non-empty plates: Issue fixed, where the unit of the sample size was not taken into account properly
  • Context aware object detection: Problem solved, where the unit for parameters was not taken into account properly [FP50378]
  • Context aware object detection: Issue fixed, where clipping paths with holes were not properly interpreted when determining the visibility of objects [FP51352]
• Actions
  • SplitPDF: Fixed general performance issues and avoided creation of very large temporary files [CA1027389]
  • Save as image: Problem solved, where certain PDF with transparencies resulted in a very long rendering time [CA1027190]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where conversion of certain JPG (created by some mobile devices) resulted in a blank pages [FP49150]
  • ToPDF: Issue fixed, where conversion of TIFF containing a special kind of thumbnail preview of the content resulted in a 2-page PDF [FP29704]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where conversion from SVG to PDF resulted in an empty PDF [CA1027173]
  • ToPDF: Problem solved, where certain corrupt PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior [FP49271]
  • Tiling: Optimized template to avoid embedding of an Output Intent and PDF/X-1a entry
• Reports
  • QuickCheck: Problem solved, where some font infos were not correctly listed in the resulting JSON report [FP48305]
  • QuickCheck: Issue fixed, where Hex-coded values in the DocInfo of a PDF was not properly listed in the resulting JSON report [FP51257]
• CLI
  • Issue fixed, where wrong error level was given if processing was tried with expired trial license [FP51471]
  • Problem solved, where processing sporadically resulted into an error (Linux only) [CA1024691]
  • Problem solved, where a defined cachefolder was not properly respected [FP47604]
• General
  • Variables: Reviewed evaluation of JavaScript Variables to ensure proper update of all values, especially after user interaction in ask-at-runtime dialog [FP50722]
  • Problem solved, where some incomplete PDF structure of an incoming file resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1027625]
  • Issue fixed, where a Process plan used as a step in a Process plan was not properly handled in certain cases [FP50380]
  • Problem solved, where processing of a certain PDFs resulted in an unstable behavior [CA1027573]
  • Improved setting of the transparency blend color spaces when converting to PDF/X and PDF/A when an CMYK Output Intent already exists
• Distributed Processing
  • Increased default value for waiting time for free satellites by the Dispatcher to 10 seconds

• Mac: macOS (Intel), version 10.9 or newer, 64-bit-compliant (PlugIn requires also Acrobat DC 64-bit)
• Windows: Windows Server 2008 R2 / 7 / Server 2012 / 8 / 10
• Linux:
  • Debian 7 (and derivates like Ubuntu 12.x )
  • RedHat RHEL6 (and derivates like CentOS6)
  • SuSE SLES11 (and derivates like OpenSuSE11)
  • Other Linux distributions are also supported as well if the version of the glibc is at least v2.12
• Solaris (Sparc and Intel): Solaris 11 (v5.11) or newer
• AIX (PPC): AIX 6.1 (oslevel 6100-09) or newer
• Recommended are at least 2 GB of free storage

Release date: 2018-08-31

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP3w)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP1g)
• Server
  • The “Server.log” logfiles in the shared preferences folder are now created on a daily basis and are named accordingly [FP33277]

• Desktop
  • Switchboard: Problem solved, where changed PDF wasn’t marked as such, therefore no “Save as” was requested when closing the document
  • Switchboard: Issue fixed, where deleting a saved Action wasn’t successful [FP49208]
  • Switchboard: Problem solved, where some Actions in the “Large Format” section couldn’t be executed successfully anymore [FP49161]
  • Variables dialog: Fixed several issues regarding the determination and the display of JavaScript Variables
  • Test mode: Issue fixed, where the lock status of a Process Plan was not properly regarded [FP47859]
  • Process Plans: Issue fixed, where Process Plans in Process Plans could not be properly edited in some cases [FP49114]
• Standalone
  • Recently saved files are now also included in the “Open recent files” menu
  • Compare: Issue fixed, where “Min/Max differences” and “Area” values were not properly updated
• Checks
  • Context aware object detection: Several improvements regarding recognition of visibility or obliteration of objects
  • Context aware object detection: Problem solved, where a check for visible RGB object didn’t find an object [FP49322]
• Fixups
  • Flatten transparency: Issue fixed, where processing resulted in shifted glyphs and other objects in certain cases [FP48007]
  • Flatten transparency: Problem solved, where glyphs were changed and wrong glyph widths were created in some cases [FP43490]
  • Font to outline: Problem solved, where processing resulted in missing glyphs if specific TrueType font was converted to CFF beforehand [CA1027405]
  • Make Pantone spot color names consistent: Optimized handling of NChannel entries to avoid color shifts [FP48936]
• Actions
  • Imposition: Issue fixed, where the PDF version entry of a PDF 2.0 was not properly handled [FP42268]
• Reports
  • Issue fixed, where e.g. Names of Checks defined via Variables were extended by some additional glyphs (Linux only) [FP49522]
• Server
  • The “Server.log” logfile in the shared preferences folder will now be continued and not overwritten after a server restart [FP46404]
• CLI
  • Issue fixed, where types of Variables were not properly detected [FP49291]
• General
  • Problem solved, where rendering of certain PDFs with transparency took abnormally long [CA127190]
  • Variables: Several improvements of the general handling and determination of JavaScript Variables
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where Custom Fixups could not be set to on/off by a JavaScript Variable under certain circumstances [FP49104; FP49148]

Release date: 2018-07-04

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• Desktop
  • Fixed issue, where editing of Fixup was not possible on a Japanese system [CA1027296]
• Server/CLI
  • Problem solved, where files could not be stored on a SMB shared volume after processing (Windows) [CA1027303]
  • Variables: Problem solved, where values defined by –setvariable were not properly classified as number, string, … [FP48345]
• Actions
  • ToPDF: Office files will be opened as read-only to allow conversion of files protected against editing (Microsoft Word on Windows only) [CA1027263]
• General
  • Variables: Fixed issue, where one of multiple Custom Fixups in a Profile was executed even though it was switched off using a Variable in certain cases [FP49000]

Release date: 2018-05-31

• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox 10 Desktop for owners of a pdfToolbox 10 Desktop license
• A free of charge update of pdfToolbox Server, pdfToolbox CLI or pdfToolbox SDK for owners of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA)

• New Fixups
  • Repair invalid or empty FontBBox values [FP32539; CA1027156]
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Merge adjacent line fragments: Optional “Apply to” and multiple settings added
  • Fix glyph width information: Extended scope to fix also font widths of Type 3 fonts [FP37894; CA1027057; FP47580]
• New Properties
  • Embedded font file uses invalid or empty BBox values [FP32539; CA1027156]
• General
  • Variables: Variables can now be deleted in the app.vars object

• Fixups
  • Convert colors: Problem solved, where inline images were not properly handled if executed together with “Downsample/Recompress images” Fixups in certain cases [CA1026756]
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed , where Lab color space was not properly created
  • Font to outline: Issue fixed, where a certain combination of invisible and clipping text objects was not properly handled [FP43980]
  • Generate bleed from page content: Problem solved, where Smooth Shades on larger pages were not taken into account in certain cases [FP41771]
  • Generate bleed from page content: Issue fixed, where page geometry boxes were always set, although not requested [FP41604]
  • Create and apply shapes: Issue fixed, where shape was not created properly [FP41250]
  • Fix glyph width: Issue fixed, where fonts were displaced when Fixup was executed together with “Embed missing fonts”
  • Font to outline: Problem solved, where glyphs were displaced if executed together with “Fix glyph width” and “Embed fonts” [FP40683; FP42802]
  • Embed missing fonts: Issue fixed, where font style was not properly regarded in certain cases [FP42804]
  • Make font names unique: Problem solved, where already unique fonts were processed as well [CA1026408]
  • Make font names unique: Issue fixed, where fonts used in SoftMask were not properly handled in certain cases [CA1026851]
  • Put objects on layer: Problem solved, where objects identified by their ICC profile were not put on a layer
• Checks
  • OPI: “File Name (%ALDImageFilename)”: Issue fixed, where simple file specification resulted in unstable behavior [CA1026684]
• Actions
  • Pre-separate pages: Problem solved, where empty colorants were not properly regarded [FP43482]
  • Overlay: New option to create a non-isolated transparency group for imported content to avoid e.g. overprinting issues [FP34715; FP42398]
  • SaveAsImage: Issue fixed, where transparency was not properly handled, if images were rendered as PNG with color space RGBA (transparent background) [CA1025691]
• Reports
  • XML reports and Result dialog: Graphic state details for Smooth shades added [CA1027092]
• Desktop
  • Variables dialog: Optimized switching between “Script” and “Value” to show correct values
  • Variables: Issue fixed, where numeric values became strings after the ask-at-runtime dialog
• Plug-in
  • Problem solved, where the Plug-in was not installed in older Acrobat Pro versions (e.g. 10 or 11) [FP47798]
• General
  • Issue fixed, where some rare font structures resulted in an unstable behavior [FP47705]
  • Problem solved, where some new PDF structures (introduced with PDF 2.0) were not properly handled [CA1027222]
  • Problem solved, where a rare usage of PostScript code in a font resulted in an unstable behavior [FP44454]
  • Variables: JavaScript objects can now always be assigned to the app.vars object

Release date: 2018-05-03

• Upgrade to pdfToolbox Server 10, pdfToolbox CLI 10 or pdfToolbox SDK 10 from earlier versions of these products requires a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). Please contact your reseller for further information.

• Standalone
  • Reviewed and improved zoom functionality
• General
  • Checks can now be a part of other Checks using the Property “Include other check”
  • New option in Checks: “Invert check result”
  • Process Plans:
    • New Sequence step type “Process Plan” to include other Process Plans as sub-parts
    • New Sequence step type “Save PDF copy” allows to save intermediate results, optionally with suffix, prefix or in a sub-folder of the output path
    • New Sequence step type “Quick Check” allows for high-speed determination of a custom set of PDF details as a JSON expression
    • New Sequence step type “File pick up” allows for getting back to a previous state of the processed file and for using this version for further processing [CA1026498]
  • Profiles: Severity for generic syntax checks can be defined
  • Variables:
    • Licensing details are now listed in JavaScript object app.env [FP47319]
    • Created files from Sequence steps are logged in the app.doc.result.resultfiles JavaScript object
    • Results for all Sequence steps are stored in the app.doc.result.fixups JavaScript object
    • Page scaling factor (UserUnits) is available in the app.doc.pages JavaScript object
    • Create a checkbox in the ask at runtime dialogue (via the app.requires object) [FP46975]
  • Reports
    • Template based PDF reports can be used as an overview page in all PDF reports
    • Bookmarks have been added to all PDF report types
  • License Server
    • Manages activation of pdfToolbox in cloud environments
• New Profiles and Process Plans
  • Verify compliance with Processing Steps (ISO 19593-1) for packaging and label
  • Packaging Flexo (GWG 2015) [FP33523]
  • Packaging Gravure (GWG 2015)
  • Packaging Offset (GWG 2015)
  • Uses PDF 2.0 Features
  • Quick Check example
  • Bring 100% black text to front
• Enhanced Profiles and Process Plans
  • Convert to CMYK and spot colors and generate images of pre-separated pages
  • List page objects, grouped by type of object: annotations are now also listed
  • List Processing Steps metadata information
  • Convert spot to CMYK (for transparency flattened PDFs)
  • Prepare PDF for specified page size
  • Analyze pages for effectively used plates
• New Fixups
  • Bring to front
  • Send to back
  • Set line width now adds a stroke if not present beforehand
  • Convert Type 1 and CFF fonts to CID [FP44018]
  • Disjoin graphics objects
  • Merge adjacent line fragments
• Enhanced Fixups
  • Create and apply shape: Tracing can be limited to a single or a combination of separations
  • Create and apply shape: New option to create a shape based on the print surface (Processing Steps)
  • Adjust or remove annotations can now create appearance streams for annotations
  • Place content: Optional content (layers) in placed PDF files will be maintained
  • Place content: Page scaling factor (UserUnits) is available in cals_doc_info.js
• New and enhanced predefined Fixups
  • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (PSO Coated v3 (ECI))
  • Duplicate all pages
  • Insert empty pages as 2nd and last but one page
  • Re-encode images with Indexed color space to base color space
  • Convert DeviceN CMYK to DeviceCMYK
  • All “Place content”-based Fixups: New templates and utility functions (available in new Libraries)
  • Convert colors: New sample configuration file added, which avoids changes to the transparency blend color space during conversion of the alternate color space of spot colors [CA1025949]
    • New setting will be used in new Prepress Libraries for the following Fixups:
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (PSO Coated v3 (ECI))
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (Coated GRACol 2006)
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (ISO Coated v2 (ECI))
      • Convert alternate color space for spot colors to CMYK (ISOnewspaper26v4 (IFRA))
• New Properties
  • Various new Properties in the new Group “Context aware object detection” (Sifter)
    • Context aware object detection (Sifter)
    • Object below other object
    • Object covered by other object
    • Object covers other object
    • Object crosses other object
    • Object crosses shape
    • Object inside other object
    • Object inside shape
    • Object is completely clipped
    • Object is completely obliterated
    • Object is invisible
    • Object is partially clipped
    • Object is partially obliterated
    • Object is visible
    • Object not below any other object
    • Object not on top of any other object
    • Object on top of other object(s)
    • Object outside other object
    • Object outside shape
    • Object reaches into edge area of a shape
    • Shape definition
  • Various new Properties to determine different details of path objects
    • Stroked but not filled
    • Filled but not stroked
    • Filled and stroked
    • Number of sub paths
    • Number of open sub paths
    • Number of closed sub paths
    • Number of points in path object
    • Smallest number of points in sub path
    • Largest number of points in sub path
    • Number of straight lines in path object
    • Number of curved lines in path object
    • Number of rectangles in path object
    • Stroked path object is solid line
    • Stroked path object is dashed line
    • Stroked path object is dotted line
    • Stroked path object is line with dashes and dots
    • Dash array of a stroked path object
    • Effective length of shortest dash in stroked path object
    • Effective length of longest dash in stroked path object
    • Effective average length of dashes in stroked path object
    • Effective length of shortest gap in stroked path object
    • Effective length of longest gap in stroked path object
    • Effective average length of gaps in stroked path object
  • Number of hits in this check in document
  • Various new properties to determine values of text and character spacing [CA1026843]
    • Character spacing of text
    • Word spacing of text
    • Text leading
    • Text rise
  • Unicode of ligature (via ToUnicode CMap) does not match PDF encoding [CA1026930]
  • Various new properties for Processing Steps:
    • Document has Processing Steps metadata
    • Page has Processing Steps metadata
    • Processing Step layers missing on page
    • Processing Step does not have type entry
• New and enhanced predefined Checks
  • 100% black text below other objects
  • Small text or thin line knocking out background
  • Text crosses edge of rendered non-text content
  • Text too close to edge of rendered content
  • Text too close to line using spot color “Cutline”
  • Gray objects using CMY or RGB
  • Size of black filled vector object larger than 5 by 5 cm
  • Aspect ratio of TrimBox does not correspond to European standard sizes (A4, A3, …)
  • Uses ICCbased RGB
• Reports
  • HTML-based template reports:
    • Optional creation of more than one page preview image
    • Variables from executed Profile are now available in cals_params.js
    • Pages with hits from executed Checks are now listed in cals_params.js
• Server
  • Server jobs from pdfToolbox 9 can now be imported at first startup of the Server component for pdfToolbox 10
• CLI
  • New high-speed functionality to determine a custom set of information of the PDF file (–quickcheck)
  • Creating and using custom dictionaries for Profiles to use custom translations for Profiles, Fixups, Checks etc. in reports (–createcustomdict, –customdict)
  • Multiple reports can be created using different languages in a single CLI call [FP27467]
  • New report type: VARDUMP: Dumps the app.vars object of used Variables into a JSON file
  • New option to create JSON log files for Profile execution during runtime (–trace)
  • Tiling: New option to use a custom template to define the visual appearance of the created output (–template)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Library integrated (v15.0.4PlusP3e)
• Most recent version of Adobe PDF Converter integrated (PostScript to PDF conversion; v1.1PlusP1c) [CA1026884]